4. Indie Game: The Movie
Unless you've bought a stream of the film from the official website - or you're a dirty pirate - there's little chance you've seen this riveting documentary, which does video games, a medium so often butchered by cinema, its fair due. James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajots outstanding film follows a number of indie video game developers - Braids Jonathan Blow, Super Meat Boys Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and Fezs Phil Fish - as they make efforts to get their titles complete, and then talk about the experience in retrospect. A celebration of the personality and ingenuity of the indie game circuit, this is a passionate film that presents interesting, extremely talented yet not always likeable protagonists, and explores the various ups and downs that colour their burgeoning careers as video game developers. Championing digital distribution and artistic creativity, it's a film that will promote greater understanding about the process of getting an indie title out on the market, and is thrilling whether you're a gamer or not. Though the successes are great, it's the struggles that prove the most affecting and relatable.
Indie Game: The Movie is available to purchase from the official website.