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Do developers have a responsibility to make games more lighthearted and less toxic? Should players take more responsibility for their own behaviour? We chat about that, plus a whole heap of upcoming indie games for the end of the year.

With Silksong scaring so many big players out of releasing their games, should indie devs think about doing the same? We discuss the pros and cons of delaying your release date when your launch marketing campaign is in full swing. We also chat about taking care of frogs.

We discuss the achievements in game design. Do games focus too much on making us feel good with shallow rewards? Have we forgotten about the joy in the journey itself? We also chat about Deep Rock Galactic, our new online co-op game of choice, and Is This Seat Taken?, a fun puzzler where you try to get … Continue reading Indie Bants | August 22nd, 2025 | Is This Seat Taken, Deep Rock Galactic, and Achievement in Game Design

By popular demand, we find out what isn't going on with Joe's car. Additionally, we discuss indie games from the community, including Super Power Racing, Reign and Rumble, and Copycat.

We've been busy, so we've barely had a moment to play indie games. Instead, we've been discussing AI, our upcoming Marketing Guide, and an indie game from our friends called Blue Shutter.

Some interesting choices for you with this pod: minimalist online strategy games, isometric shooters, and the joys of just playing games IRL with your mates.

The bandits are back, and we're talking cars, indie games, and some of the great-looking indies sent to us from the community.

This one took a while to get uploaded, but we chatted back at the start of the month about a load of indie games that we're pretty addicted to, as well as the excellent game that is Train Simulator.

We've been chatting about posting your game on social media, some of the great indie games we've seen, and billionaire fights that never seem to happen.

In this episode, we discuss a nationwide power cut and some of the great indies that we've been playing or that have caught our attention.

Sorry for the sound on this one, guys; both our mics have broken. Jimmy soldiered on with his while Joe had to resort to the built-in webcam mic. The audio isn't great, but the indies we talk about are.

We had a catchup and chatted about the games we've been playing, some indies from our community, and that time Jimmy considered pretending he didn't exist just to mess with Joe.

We caught up on a podcast stream (which you can join live) and chatted about the indie games we've been playing, as well as the status of our taxes and roofers working on Durham Cathedral.

We got together in sunny Spain, hung out in real life, met some indie devs, and played awesome games.

Well, it's been a while, but here's some Indie Bandits content for your ears. In this impromptu episode (hopefully, the podcast will be back in a more regular format very soon!) Jimmy and Joe are looking at some of the findings from our surveys on the state of independent game development from last year.

In the final session of the Indie Bandits Marketing Clinic mini-series, we look at some of the free and not-so-free tools that indie devs should be using to help them market their indie games effectively.

In this episode of the Indie Bandits Marketing Clinic, we're talking about how to put together a budget for your indie game and why budgets are so important, especially when you're working with very limited budgets.

A lot of devs say they don't have time to market their indie game. In this episode, we talk about creating sustainable content schedules so you can regularly market your game.

In this episode of the Indie Bandits podcast, we're chatting about everything you'll need to start marketing your indie game.

In this episode of the Indie Bandits podcast, we discuss purchase funnels, marketing content, and how it all applies to indie games and the way you market them.

Our podcast is back, but it's a little different! In our first new episode of The Indie Bandits Podcast, we're looking at The State of Independent Game Development report that we've put together to work out where the community is at and how we can help them move forward with making their independent games a … Continue reading The State of Independent Game Development | 2022 Report

On this month's podcast episode, we chat about the future of Google Stadia, the UK government's ideas for regulating console scalpers, how to effectively market indie games, and NUTS, the stylised squirrel-watching indie game. Games Discussed: NUTS

In this episode, we chat about the games we've been playing over the holidays, how Cyberpunk 2077 set a new standard for controversial game releases, and Supergiant Games' excellent indie rogue-lite Hades. Games Discussed: Don't Starve Together, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Cyberpunk 2077, Hades.

In this podcast episode, we're discussing how we like to play indie games and which platform we think is the best for enjoying independent games on.

Pay-to-win mechanics have become rather commonplace in gaming but should we expect to see more or less of them? In this episode, we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of pay-to-win, whether publishers should include them, and how we can put an end to them.

Despite not being our favourite genre, we've been playing a few fighting games and decided to have a chat about them and how crap at them we are. Games Discussed: Skullgirls, Pocket Rumble, Nidhogg

In this month's bonus episode, we try to come up with a working definition for sports, discuss if esports fit in that definition, and wonder why some people so desperately want them to be classified as sports.

In this episode, we pull no punches as we chat about some classic fighting games series and what we think of them. Games and Series Discussed: Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, Soul Calibur, Super Smash Bros., Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi.

We've each been playing a few games we think are action-adventures for this month's podcast and discussing how much you can modernise indie games when they're a homage to an old game. Games Discussed: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Owlboy, Axiom Verge.

In this month's bonus podcast episode, we're chatting about single-player experiences versus multiplayer experiences, the pros and cons of each, and which we prefer.

In this episode, we discuss the games that fall through the cracks between other more clearly defined genres, action-adventure games. Games and Series Discussed: Legend of Zelda, Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, God of War, Uncharted, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus.

In this episode, we discuss KFC's Double Down sandwich, explain sports to Archie, and talk about the indie RPGs that we've been playing recently. Games Discussed: Costume Quest, Pyre, Moonlighter.

In this month's bonus episode, we've been chatting about grinding in games and RPGs, in particular, what grinding is, whether we like it, and whether it's always possible to avoid it during development.

In this month's retro episode, we discuss some of our favourite RPGs from the 90s and 00s. Expect high-fantasy, spiky hair, overdesigned character outfits, and grinding. Games Discussed: Final Fantasy, Diablo, Pokémon, Summoner, Divine Divinity, World of Warcraft, Dragon Age: Origins, Kingdom Hearts.

In this week's indie podcast, we've been looking at some first-person shooters and even though the three were vastly different to one another, we struggled to pick a favourite. Games discussed: Void Bastards, Dusk, Superhot.

Since we've been playing a lot of shooters this month for our other podcast episodes, we had to have a chat about violence in video games and how we feel about it. Games Discussed: Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Die Hard, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Hatred. Grown Man Hunts, Chokes Boy Over Call of … Continue reading Episode 5+ | Violence in Video Games

In this month's Retro Bandits episode, we're looking back at some of our favourite shooters from the 90s and 00s. Games discussed: Goldeneye 007, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Timesplitters, Halo, Call of Duty, Medal of Honour.

In our first ever podcast episode, we looked at the nominees for the Independent Game Awards that didn't win. After we all had time to play and finish Disco Elysium, we decided to dedicate an entire podcast episode to ZA/UM's CRPG masterpiece. This episode doesn't contain any story-specific spoilers for anything after the game's first … Continue reading The Disco Elysium Special

In this month's indie episode, we discuss three different indie platformers and what we thought of them. Games Discussed: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Limbo, Celeste.

In this month's bonus episode, we talk about when games get delayed, how we react to those delays, and whose fault it really is.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, we got together to talk about the games from one of our favourite franchises of all time, Star Wars. In this special episode, we discussed some of our favourite retro Star Wars games and EA's Battlefront series. Games discussed: Rogue Squadron, Episode 1: Podracer, Racer … Continue reading Episode IV | The Star Wars Special

In our first ever Retro Bandits episode, we're discussing platformers that included lusty lizards, hasty hedgehogs, and bonkers bandicoots and how much we either love or loathe them. Games Discussed: Gex, Ratchet & Clank, Crash Bandicoot, Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog.

In this month's bonus episode, we're discussing some of the unwritten rules of gaming like spamming, cheesing, and camping.

This month, we decided to play more of the games nominated at the Independent Game Festival that was subsequently cancelled.

In this extra bonus episode, we're discussing just how tragic Ninja is and whether it's fair to use XIM input adapters or aimbots.

This month, we've been playing some of the games nominated for the Independent Game Festival's Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Games discussed: Slay the Spire, Eliza, A Short Hike.

In this extra bonus episode, we're discussing using save states and rewind features in retro games, "Choose Your Own Adventure" taking down indie games on Itch.io, and the developer who put his indie game onto a torrent site to get one step ahead of pirates. Itch.io removing games with “Choose Your Own Adventure”: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21003455/chooseco-choose-your-own-adventure-itch-io-trademark-infringement-takedown-notices Indie … Continue reading Episode 1+ | Save states, “Choose Your Own Adventure”, indie devs getting ahead of pirates, outrage in games

Welcome to The Indie Bandits Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the great indie games that were nominated for Best Independent Game at The Game Awards but didn't win. Games discussed: Baba Is You, Untitled Goose Game, Katana ZERO, Outer Wilds.

In our first-ever podcast episode (aka "The Pubcast"), we talk about the indie games that we've been playing recently and the Nintendo Indie World and Sony State of Play presentations. Games discussed: Divinity: Original Sin, Overcooked, Overcooked 2, Sniper Elite 4, Supermash, Streets of Rage 4, Skatebird, Dreams. Nintendo Switch - Indie World Showcase - … Continue reading Episode 0 | What We’re Playing, Nintendo’s Indie World, and Sony’s State of Play