Ron Carmel, 2D Boy/Indie Fund - XOXO Festival (2012) @xoxofest

Uploaded November 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Ron Carmel is co-founder of 2D Boy, the creators of World of Goo, and partner at Indie Fund. Interviewed by Jamin Warren, founder of Kill Screen magazine. Recorded in September 2012 at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love. For more, visit http://xoxofest.com.

Intro Music: Broke for Free, "Calm the Fuck Down" - bit.ly/xoxobroke

Ron Carmel, 2D Boy/Indie Fund - XOXO Festival (2012)

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