Indigo Gaming

25/12/2023

Whether you're spending quality time with family, watching Joel Kinnaman shoot some fools in Silent Night, or you're no-lifing Path of Exile this weekend...
..Have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and an incredible New Year!

06/12/2023

In case you missed it, check out my feature length documentary on Miami Vice, one of the biggest influences to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. And its inspiration can already be seen in Grand Theft Auto VI.

What do Grand Theft Auto, Ferraris, designer stubble, outrun, synthwave, retrowave, and the ‘80s renaissance have in common? Two words: Miami Vice. This styl...

28/11/2023

What do Grand Theft Auto, Ferraris, designer stubble, outrun, synthwave, retrowave, and the ‘80s renaissance have in common?

Two words: Miami Vice.

Watch a 2½ hour deep dive into this stylish show, its origins, and the games, movies and shows it inspired.

What do Grand Theft Auto, Ferraris, designer stubble, outrun, synthwave, retrowave, and the ‘80s renaissance have in common? Two words: Miami Vice. This styl...

04/06/2023

Diablo III. Love it, hate it, or had mixed feelings?

Then you'll probably enjoy my ~2 hour deep dive into the development of the most anticipated PC game of all time, and its twists, turns, announcements and cancellations:

Diablo III: A Cautionary Tale

As the “final word” on how Diablo III’s long and arduous journey from Blizzard North’s Diablo II successor to what it is now, Diablo III: A Cautionary Tale e...

26/01/2023

Quick little aside, as I was playing and researching for the Miami Vice doc, I found this old X-Play review of the 2006 Miami Vice movie tie-in game with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb.

He's pretty scathing in it, so I decided to make a short video on it.

Here's some original content for this channel: a quick look at something I dug up from the ye olde days of G4TV: a mean-spirited review of the Miami Vice mov...

24/12/2022

I fell in love with the story and games of Quintet—who played underdog to studios like Squaresoft, who were the minds behind classics like ActRaiser, Illusion of Gaia & Terranigma, but also games so obscure I had to blindly play them in Japanese.

After watching this complete documentary, I hope you will too.

(Re-uploaded to correct errors created in rendering)Quintet was an underdog video game developer, formed by the Nihon Falcom veterans behind the Ys series, s...

03/05/2022

Eyy, my channel turned 6 yesterday! Really happy how far we've come, and I'm really excited that I've able to cover a wide variety of topics and find reach and success with many of them.

Here's to another year!

01/05/2022

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind turns 20 today! Often hailed as the high point in the revered Elder Scrolls series, it proved a landmark for immersive RPGs moving forward.

13/04/2022

GOG just enabled a special 20% off of Dark Sun 1 & 2, using my exclusive code.

This discount is valid through April 23, 2022. I hope you enjoy!

GOG.com is a digital distribution platform – an online store with a curated selection of games, an optional gaming client giving you freedom of choice, and a vivid community of gamers. All of this born from a deeply rooted love for games, utmost care about customers, and a belief that you should...

13/04/2022

Hot off the press: the latest Not Forgotten video is out!

Let's dive into the treacherous wasteland of Dark Sun, the classic "Mad Max meets Dungeons & Dragons" setting, and the computer RPGs it inspired. This video is both a review and beginner's guide.

Get the Dark Sun series on GOG (affiliate link) ► https://indigogaming.link/DarkSunLet’s trek into the treacherous wasteland of Athas, evading the wicked gra...

13/04/2022

I have a larger, feature-length video in the works, with its script and voiceover completed, but I also covered a shorter topic in the meantime to fill the gap, and it's releasing this week! Can you guess what it's about?

28/02/2022

I did another podcast episode last week with Zaric Zhakaron and PatricianTV. We discuss Skyrim and its effect on the RPG genre. I hope you enjoy!

Zaric Zhakaron ► https://www.youtube.com/c/ZhakaronPatricianTV ► https://www.youtube.com/c/PatricianTVLet’s sit down with Zhakaron and to...

07/02/2022

I can never escape...

28/01/2022

Today on January 28, 1998, Final Fantasy Tactics dropped for North America.

Director Yasumi Matsuno brought his unique style of strategy RPG to the Final Fantasy series to universal acclaim. Its versatile job system and vibrant world of Ivalice was echoed in Final Fantasy XII.

22/01/2022

Not too long ago, Terranigma turned 25!

On December 19, 1996 the now legendary SNES action RPG released in PAL regions. To date, it has never been officially released digitally, or in the Americas—becoming one of the best examples of why we need emulation and game preservation.

20/01/2022

18 years ago today, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II released

Its console-focused, action RPG gameplay pioneered by the 2001 original was only warmly received the second time around. RPGs advanced a lot in the 3 years between the games.

We still need that 4K remaster, though!

19/01/2022

6 years ago today, the singular permadeath RPG/town sim, Darkest Dungeon, plunging our brave cast of heroes into the horrors of Lovecraftian madness.

While we're waiting for the sequel, you can get the original, DRM-free through my GOG affiliate link:
https://indigogaming.link/TrinketsNBaubles?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

17/01/2022

It's crazy to me that in 1974, the same year Dungeons & Dragons was published, people hijacked university instructional systems like PLATO to build RPGs.

One such example was "Dnd", an obvious homage to the tabletop game. I always thought CRPGs were invented much later.

15/01/2022

There's something classy and timeless about the style, color palette and graphics capability of the Commodore Amiga.

What is this aesthetic? 𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦?

14/01/2022

Today, on Jan 14 2004, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel released.

Intended as a realtime action-RPG appeal to console players, its tone was wacky, had co-op, but was NOT a Fallout game.

That doesn't mean it wasn't a ton of fun to stream a few years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com&v=muzl6pi4sfs

13/01/2022

Streaming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly at 8:30PM Eastern.

This mod is INCREDIBLE, completely makes the first game trilogy into a single, super-customizable game that can be an iron-man, rogue-lite or SP campaign as you see fit.

This is gonna be good!

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomalyGet 100+ recommended games on my GOG Partner page ► https://indigogaming.link/LIVEExperiencing possibly the greates...

12/01/2022

Seventeen years ago today, on Jan 11, 2005, Resident Evil 4 released for the GameCube.

RE4 rebooted the franchise into real-time 3D worlds with full camera movement. It's been ported 11+ times since. It also marked the first time that America got the game BEFORE Japan did!

09/01/2022

More cyberpunk bonus content! I've received a few requests for it, so I put together a "CYBERPUNK WATCHLIST" of 100, five-star rated, sortable mini-reviews of cyberpunk movies on Letterboxd. This serves as a good primer for cyberpunk in cinema. Enjoy!
https://letterboxd.com/indigogaming/list/the-cyberpunk-watchlist/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

04/01/2022

He would have loved YouTube comments...

27/12/2021

Going to be doing a podcast with the man, the legend, the FPS guru from Down Under himself, GManLives, at ~4PM Eastern today.

We'll be discussing some of our favorite content like The Matrix franchise, Dark City and other "Simulated World" entertainment!

GManLives ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKlUrYO3i9MDlL45Ia6j5EAAudio-Only Version ► https://anchor.fm/indigocastVisit my GOG Partner page for curated li...

25/12/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

16/12/2021

Happy birthday, Philip K. Dick!

The brilliant author who inspired Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and Screamers was born on Dec 16, 1928.

Cyberpunk Part 2 details the Cold War influences in his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com&v=0VoX3vr6CCM

14/12/2021

Fun fact!

The PC release of Halo 2 in 2004 was delayed because of a costly prank hidden in the source code (the infamous .ASS error), a photo of one developer mooning Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer behind his back.

https://www.polygon.com/2015/4/14/8382089/bungie-butt-microsoft-halo?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

13/12/2021

Check out this Tumblr account for more great cyberpunk/dystopian quotes:
https://cyberpunkquotes-blog.tumblr.com/post/65582597437?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

12/12/2021

Been playing Loop Hero a lot during lunch breaks. Relaxing and fun game to play while being less hands-on (combat is automatic). Nostalgic graphics & sound, and addictive loot-gathering & building mechanics.

It's currently 40% off! My GOG affiliate link:

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never

07/12/2021

Today, on December 6th, 1982, the nuke-like cataclysm in the AKIRA timeline occurred.

Inspired by the biker gangs of Tokyo, and the long shadow of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Akira remains one of the most influential manga.

Mentioned in Cyberpunk Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com&v=sttm8Q9rOdQ