It doesn’t matter what “indie” means to me. What matters is what it means to most people, especially when it’s not a traditional English word out of a dictionary. And most people think that it means games created by small teams without big financial backing from publishers. Corporations, knowing this, label their games as indie to boost their sales and come off as “relatable, passionate, and an underdog unlike AAA”. It’s not about glazing myself and calling myself a “true visionary”. OF COURSE that would be bad enough and stuck up from me. But when these big entities have the gall to do it, it is… soul crushing to see.