Binding of Isaac: The Future of Indie Games

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

We're going to get successful indie games and it's probably not going to be Kentucky Rad Zero. I think we need to cut just cause two because- Okay. So Spelunky doesn't make the cut then. That is a fair question to ask ourselves. We should absorb that question in a second. Let's talk about Binding of Isaac for now. It also proves out the idea of hey indie games can be massively successful even when they're very very small. And yeah, so it does kind of work too hands down. Here's my counterpoint. Minecraft also does some of this. Because Minecraft is an extreme indie game. Yeah. You're out. Got it.

The Resties Required Reading List strikes again! Our goal is to curate a "must-play" list of 25 games released between 1980 to 2020. Think of it like Video Games 101. This week, we've selected games from 2010-2014. Join us as we revisit the early days of our careers covering video games! Visit @thebestiespod on Twitter to see a full list of games from this week's episode. Previous picks -- 1985-89: Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, SimCity. 1995-99: Super Mario 64, Pokemon Red and Blue, Final Fantasy 7, Starcraft. 2005-09: Resident Evil 4, Wii Sports, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;

Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!