The Road to #PlayNYC - Shooting For Stars feat. Super Chrome by @stumpheadjosh, ROCKETBOOM by @spacehelixgames, and Super Rock Blasters by @QuadraTronGames #indiegame #indiedev @playcrafting

Play NYC is less than a week away! As part of our media partnership with Playcrafting, we’ve be highlighting a ton of different indie games, from different genres and backgrounds, in a series we’ve called “The Road to Play NYC“. Each day this week, we’ll try to squeeze in highlights of a few more games you can expect to see this weekend at Play NYC.

Today let’s look to the stars. Then, let’s…

Throw back thursday: year is 2013; A Conversation With Banksy 

“This is my New York accent... Normally I writelike this“

Rocketboom started 10 years and 4 days ago.

This is a short tribute to the pioneer of web video.

Rocketboom is very much the codifier of web video... before, there were viral videos but no one was doing a series that went big... but that's when Andrew Baron took the chance and made a series that still reverberates the web-sphere today.

This is where the tropes of news and soon vlogging, through Ze Frank, comes from. Seeing Amanda Congdon 10 years ago reminds others of Zoella or Meghan Strawburry17 than actual news. The show is biased, personal and wacky... and it dared to break the mold of a tv show, without selling it as comedy of sorts. It was still information.

I tried to write this several times, but the post never clearly demostrates the importance of this program. Sadly, the video series has gone, but the spirit remains, perhaps through SourceFed, perhaps through the vloggers, and perhaps the educational channels have its hint...