The notion that games people made at home might appear on their favorite console, even if they are amongst CG zombie erotica and farts, emerged from XBLIG, and in Sept. Microsoft has mentioned there will be conservation efforts for some XBLIG games, but I have some doubt Massive Cleavage vs Zombies will make that cut. A spiritual sequel project for the Xbox One, is more tightly curated and closely resembles the indie game sections of Microsoft competitors. A lot of XBLIG games simply relocated to Steam. Many of the best XBLIG games found homes in other places.
If you spend any time in many of those games you don't just play the game, I felt like a lot of the time I was getting to know the people that made them, too.'
'So many of the games on XBLIG are so personal and real. 'Even the blatant rip-offs or cash grabs, many times someone really put their heart into it,' Sanders said. Similarly to how I lamented the Ouya for its goofy egalitarianism, I think it's important to recognize what unique element any platform has to offer. XBLIG was a hidden kingdom, and being out of sight meant submissions, only having to meet technical peer reviews and guidelines, could get away with a lot of weird stuff.
