Armless Octocast Episode 78: Killdozed

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Mike is overrun with killdozers and can’t be stopped to podcast, but Taylor, Erron and Dave take a short break to sit down and talk some indie games with a large helping of a AAA ‘what’re you playing’ segment.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Erron Kelly, Dave Voyles
Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

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Listener Questions (Send more please!)

Is #XBLIG and #XNA going to dissappear by the end of 2012?

 

What Everyone’s been playing:
Taylor – Batman Arkham City
Erron – Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Anno: 2070
Dave- Batman Arkham City

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Posted on December 4, 2011 by Taylor Bliss in Podcast
  • Anonymous

    I like that you’ve added a listener questions segment to the podcast, so here’s a query for you: Why must I be connected to XBox Live to play Indie Games?
    Looking forward to your reply, thanks.

  • Anonymous

    This actually bugs me as a developer…I’ve been screwed a few times going to show off my game and forgetting to verify a working internet connection.  

    However, since it’s a DL-only title on a non-portable system, I -suppose- I can understand the inclination to implement a phone-home validation system.

  • http://twitter.com/OnekSoftGames OnekSoft Games

    It may be because Microsoft wants to prevent us developers from deploying our game (or everyone else’s ccgame) to every console owned by friends and family. That could allow anyone to potentially play Indie games offline without having to pay for it, so I can see the logic if that’s their reason.

  • http://www.armlessoctopus.com Mike Wall

    What would your incentive as a developer be to do that, though? You could just as easily give people an executable and have them play it on pc, right?

  • http://www.armlessoctopus.com Mike Wall

    It just seems like another somewhat arbitrary limiting factor to make XBLIG lesser than XBLA. I just moved into a new apartment and it took about 1.5 weeks for the verizon dude to come out, and thus no indies for me…lame. 

  • http://www.armlessoctopus.com Mike Wall

    Oh, and I’m glad you like it! We’ve always encouraged people to write us emails, but nobody every did! Anyways, We’ll solicit more questions through forums/twitter in the future :)  

  • Anonymous

    My internet connection can be somewhat temperamental, so there are times when I just can’t play indie games which is kind of annoying, specially when I’ve only got say 20 mins to spare and want to play something quick but fun, which a lot of indie games are ideal for.
    Glad to see I’m not the only one wondering why this is though.