gamasutra.com - 5/27/2009
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[Is the PC 'ground zero' of the current creative revolution in games? In this column, writer Phill Cameron discusses why the sometimes maligned gaming format is vital to today's indie boom and tomorrow's rising innovators.] It all started here. Decades ago, games were made on the first ...
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Opinion: The PC As Champion of the Revolution
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... Is the PC 'ground zero' of the current indie video game revolution? In this column, Phill Cameron examines how the platform made possible a 'crescendo' of independent gaming from novelty into subgenre.
It all started here. Decades ago, games were made on the first computers, on the Amigas and Commodores that took only a few people to develop, putting in long hours to come up with innovative ways to make pixels move on the screen.
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