 | Three more games leave SlamdanceJanuary 9th, 2007 |
The Braid blog has the scoop. Jon calculates this is now 40% of the jury-selected games.
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I wish I had a game to pull out of slamdance so I can get some publicity too. This looks more and more like some prima donas taking their ball and going home.
“Look at me. I’m protesting too!”
BugHunter,
Toblo is free student game. We do not profit from “publicity” of our decision to pull out of Slamdance in any way. The decision was not come to easily, but I would have felt like a hypocrite taking part in this competition.
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