Bradly Shankar

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Freaking Cool Indies · A Games Journalist Explains Why Most Indie Game Pitches Get Ignored · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

And then naturally that'll sort of bring about maybe getting more directly connected with the developer.

It helps, you know, especially when you watch some of these showcases.

At the end of the trailer, you'll see Canada Media Fund or Ontario Creates Logos, which is really helpful for me because it just kind of immediately identifies that game as Canadian.

And then I'm like, oh, I can, you know, take it from there if I want to do more coverage, that sort of thing.

So, yeah, I would say it's a bit of a mix of both.

Yeah, I think just kind of a unique angle to it because, you know, we get a million emails, a million pitches, and a lot of the time they can be kind of

samey, especially if, you know, Bellator comes out and every game wants to be Bellator or a new Metroidvania comes out and everything is a Metroidvania.

So, you know, it is sometimes difficult to kind of stand out among that.

I will say I do think that there's some PR firms that are doing a really good job of that, like Pop Agenda, which is actually Canadian as well.

They represent a ton of indies and they do a really good job of

At the top of their emails, they have a little gif, which is a really effective, quick, succinct way to sort of, in just a few seconds, show what the game is about.

And then if that piques my interest, I can keep scrolling.

And they have a lot of relevant links and everything.

And they're really helpful as well because they'll include estimated play times.

So if they're pitching a game to review or whatever...

You know, knowing 5-10 hours it's going to take is really helpful on the editorial side, because a lot of the time, publishers and developers are a little wary of talking about how long a game is.

And I get that to some degree, but on the media side, it's a bit frustrating, because if I'm going to dedicate time to reviewing a game, it would be helpful to know roughly how long it'll take, right?

So having that sort of transparency up front, Popagenda does that really well.

Or even like Evolve PR, which is another Canadian PR firm.

They do a really fun job of sort of personalizing things like it doesn't just feel like a sort of basic press release.

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