{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#10b - Adorable Small Business Tyrant Simulator","description":"writer and academic Alex Ross (@Alexrosswrites) returns for part two of our examination of the indie game world via a few documentaries. this time we cover the post-indie boom, aka the&amp;nbsp; time of the &quot;indiepocalypse&quot; and beyond from 2015 till today. first we look at the depressing vanity project\/indie survival story &quot;Surviving Indie&quot; from late 2016, then we look at a dense but surprisingly quality documentary about the indie game scene in China called &quot;Indie Games In China&quot; aka &quot;Alonewalk&quot; from 2018 and talk about the endlessly complex landscape for game development in China. and then... we do the ill-advised and look at this year's E3 &quot;Wholesome Direct&quot; stream, a subject of much intense discourse. things referenced in the episode: &quot;Spinning is winning&quot; a research paper that Alex is a co-author on: https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1469540521993931 2017 Failure Workshop at GDC featuring Tim Rogers: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H67itWCG1JY Surviving Indie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7CWZhhBMSo news article about Ryan Zehm:  http:\/\/ireader.olivesoftware.com\/Olive\/iReader\/IdahoStatesmanPress\/SharedArticle.ashx?document=ISM%5C2016%5C01%5C25&amp;amp;article=Ar00108 Ryan Zehm's sneaking into GDC video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UF2NlwJjEm0 Indie Games in China (aka Alonewalk): https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/825400\/Indie_Games_in_China\/ EGM article about the state of China's indie game scene:  https:\/\/egmnow.com\/the-closing-walls-around-chinas-independent-game-development-scene\/ long video essay by youtuber NeverKnowsBest on the Chinese indie scene: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_VrTZ_UeUxM Gao Ming's ludum dare page: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/users\/gao-ming\/games 2021 E3 Wholesome Direct stream: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ozqhc7YXd3M article in the verge on &quot;The Rise of Wholesome Games&quot;:  https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/10\/21172972\/games-wholesome-themes-uwu-frog-detective-wattam-sokpop-keita-takahashi People Make Games video on Zach Barth and Minecraft: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=__Nq2vNcpIo &amp;nbsp; as always, you can support this podcast (and me) on patreon at https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ellaguro outro music is &quot;Home&quot; from the FEZ ost by Disasterpeace intro music (as always) is &quot;Museum Agony&quot; from the Stretch Panic ost by Norio Hanzawa ","author_name":"The Blood Zone","author_url":"http:\/\/thebloodzone.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20172674\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/109466108"}