Jessica's recording environment

Hellooooo there, dear listeners! That echo you hear is coming from inside Jessica's empty house as she prepares to leave it soon for New York (the state, not the city). The transition is bittersweet, but we are both in much better spirits this week so yay!

Last week we talked about clones and copycats and we now relay our friend Matt Hall's thoughts on this, since Crossy Road has predictably been copied a ton.

We also ponder the suggestion that big companies can do better than indies at the cloning game, whether indie success depends on luck, some possibly dubious advice for indie devs, the latest announced crop of celebrity games and much more!

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Stuff we mentioned:

• City of Heroes
• Zoonuts
• Shareef Jackson
• Pac-Man 256
• The Crossing Dead (iOS & Android) 
• Jurassic Hopper (iOS & Android)
• Ball King (iOS & Android)
• Mountain Goat Mountain (iOS & Android)
• Down the Mountain (iOS & Android)
• Folly Road (iOS & Android)
• Carter Dotson thinks Zynga is squeezing out indies
• Making indie games in 2015 
• Bree Newsome
• Kotaku in Action 
• Maddy Myers
• The Mary Sue
• There are no lucky indie game developers
• Jake Sones
• Pair Solitaire (iOS only)
• Domino Drop (iOS only)
• New celeb games are coming
• Mashable's hilarious wish list for celeb games
• Tale of Tales
• Kim Kardashian: Hollywood (iOS & Android)
• You Must Build a Boat (iOS & Android)
• Mr. Umbrella (iOS only)
• Sling Kong (iOS & Android)
• Halfbrick
• Jetpack Joyride (iOS & Android)
• Fruit Ninja (iOS & Android)
• Protostar
• Prettygreat