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About

Gave positive coverage to Honeyslug without disclosing his friendship with Honeyslug member Ricky Hagget. Honeyslug game Hohokum was also an IGF finalist.
Gave positive coverage to Ben Esposito without disclosing their friendship. Games by Esposito were also IGF finalists in both 2015 and 2014.
Gave positive coverage to Kyle Reimergartin without disclosing their friendship.
Wrote at least five times about Phil Fish without disclosing their friendship. During Boyer’s tenure at the Indie Game Festival, Fish was a juror in 2011 and won a frequently criticized 2012 grand prize, despite his game technically not being qualified to compete due to it having already participated in 2008. Fish is credited with assisting with the crowdfounding campaging for Boyer’s outlet Venus Patrol.

Readers are encouraged to take entries critically, and form their opinion independently.

Address
venuspatrol.com/
Activity
Founded in 2012
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Brandon Boyer

About

Videogame blog owned by controversial former head of IGF Brandon Boyer, founded through a successful Kickstarter.

From 2015, its output has become increasingly sparse, as of 2016 it seems to publish no more than two or three articles per year.

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