Review of Indie Game: The Movie (2012) by Reid V — 17 Jul 2012

Man. This movie came out of left-field. I had never heard of it before until a friend recommended that I check it out. Boy am I glad that I did. Indie Game is a fantastic look at the independent world of game development.

Directors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky expertly establish the characters and what is at stake in this world that I frankly knew nothing about. The production value is top-notch as well and the interview footage is mixed with meditative shots of the world beyond the developer's screen. Most importantly, it puts a face to this art form. In this world of instant digital gratification, with millions of videos and games all vying for our short attention spans, it is an important reminder that there are still those out there who still put their souls into these products. In short, it is the best anti-piracy add ever created.

Akin to the desire to shoot to the last page of a great thriller in order to find out the identity of the killer, it took everything in me not to google the names of these people I was seeing on screen. For that, I salute the filmmakers for making me care so much for a craft that I originally thought I cared so little for.