Beyond The Pale: Games For Us, By Us: Ahmar Rana at TEDxFSU

The era of the garage developer has given way to the era of the videogame megacorporation. Publishers take huge risks with thousands working around the world to realize the promise of a single product. Success is defined in the billions of dollars, but consequences can be just as extreme. With the price of failure so high, the industry has become increasingly averse to risk. Yet even an industry hostile to its own potential has failed to deter the dreamers. Motley bands of first-time developers, students and even industry veterans have embraced a paradigm shift in this young medium. Enter the independent revolution.

Ahmar Rana is a production graduate student at the University of Central Florida's Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy earning his Masters of Science in Interactive Entertainment. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida, where he studied the intersection of art and popular media. He has been developing his own games since he got his first personal computer in elementary school.

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