Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Game Awards 2025 sparked yet another round of indie discourse with Expedition 33's historical sweep causing many to ask what does it actually mean for a game to be "indie"?

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Music:
Afternoon Break - Persona 3
Hundred Days - The Hundred Line
Junes - Persona 4
This Mysterious Feeling - Persona 3
Those Who Dwell In The Shadows - Va11Halla
Airport - Peak
The Gaze - Look Outside
The Sluice - Darkest Dungeon 2
Words - The Hundred Line
Just Like This - Persona 3
Alleycat - Persona 5
In A Moment's Time - Skullgirls
Midori Eyes - Paradise Killer
Talk!Talk! - The Hundred Line
Mr. Whiskey - Dispatch
Logic And Trick - The Great Ace Attorney
Boy in the Windmill - Higurashi
During The Test - Persona 3
Every Day Is Night - Va11Halla
Ode To Heroes - Metaphor ReFantazio

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This video is dedicated to my friend, Alotryx.

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