Comments for FreeIndieGam.es

Comment on Goodbye by Darren Grey

Darren Grey — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:28:59 +0000

Very sad news, but thank you hugely for everything you’ve done the last few years. These labours of love and experimentation deserve all the attention they can get!

Comment on Goodbye by Fletcher

Fletcher — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:25:08 +0000

Wanted to mention http://forestambassador.com/ for ppl looking for where to go next

Comment on Goodbye by David

David — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:23:37 +0000

I’m gonna miss this site, it was a great resource. I hope something similar pops up!

Thanks, all.

Comment on Goodbye by Dan S.

Dan S. — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:15:43 +0000

Thank you so much for your years of service. FreeIndieGam.es was deeply important to non-commercial voices using the medium of games. Here’s hoping we’ll be able to pick up where FreeIndieGam.es left off with new similarly-minded sites.

Comment on Goodbye by Gene

Gene — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:05:48 +0000

oh, thank you guys for all you’ve done, and let us know if you’ve got side projects.

Comment on Goodbye by Newfur

Newfur — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:00:58 +0000

Oh no! Thank you so much for so many excellent games, though. I will miss popping here every day and seeing something new and wonderful.

Comment on Goodbye by nobody

nobody — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:57:56 +0000

This closing is sad but understandable.

I started out playing every game posted (and — in the first 9 months — regularly writing possibly inappropriately lengthy comments trying to tease out what was most interesting about many of them, since even that super-casual level of critical attention is more than many of these games were receiving elsewhere), but over time I found myself just not able to keep up. And I’m sure my guilt-inducing, ever-enlarging bookmark folder of unplayed figames posts is nothing compared to the unfiltered backlog of each of the site’s editors.

(I also made my first game a month or so after the site opened up, and seeing it posted here out of the blue was such a huge encouragement.)

I’m sorry to see the site go dark.

Comment on Goodbye by Jonathan Harford

Jonathan Harford — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:50:11 +0000

Well, this is disappointing.

Thank you, Mr. Cavanaugh (and editors), for your excellent curating.

Comment on Goodbye by Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:47:27 +0000

Well, I guess it was time. Thanks for everything. Will now have to work just a tad bit harder to find these games. Maybe it’ll do me some good.

Thanks.

Comment on Goodbye by Megazell

Megazell — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:46:53 +0000

You guys did such a great job. I will miss you. As a fellow volunteer and curator for freeware games (indie, web, former retail, freeforever weekends and more) I feel your pain. There are times when I’m shit out of luck with time and my list takes a hit.

Thanks for your coverage!