Matt Chat 127: Jay Barnson and DRM for Indie Games

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In my final segment with Frayed Knights creator Jay Branson, we talk the often bitter reality of indie game sales. Although his game sold terrifically well at first, sales plummeted as pirated copies spread across the net. The result--the future looks bleak for all but the luckiest indie developers.

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