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Chris Hecker Silently Critiques Video Game Industry At GDC
Spy Party creator and indie game advocate Chris Hecker was given five minutes at this year's GDC 2013's Indie Soapbox panel to discuss the current state of the video game industry. Hecker let the industry speak for itself with a four-and-a-half minute video entitled Fair Use.
The video contains clips of developers discussing their own work, and includes Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield's speech at DICE 2013, Bungie's reveal trailer for Destiny, Guerrilla Games' live demo of Killzone: Shadow Fall on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Sony's PlayStation 4 press conference.
Chris Hecker states on his website that he was careful to include enough of each clip to portray what was being said accurately. You can draw your own conclusions about the current state of triple-A game development by watching Fair Use below.
For more on Chris Hecker, check out our interview with him discussing innovation in the video game industry.
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