Indie Games

The Great Haystack Gold Rush: How Viral Joke Games Triggered a Bizarre New Wave of Steam Shovelware

Executive Overview The video game industry has always been a breeding ground for imitation, where runaway successes inevitably birth a...

Japanese Video Games

Sifting Through the Digital Haystack: An Analytical Report on Garage Games’ Search for the Needle, Player Economies, and Promo Code Architecture

Executive Overview In the rapidly evolving landscape of user-generated content (UGC) on the Roblox platform, developer Garage Games has captured...