When I read the title of the video, I was like what? What year is this? That ship has sailed a long time ago, friend…
But Frost’s definition of indie is very much his own. It is not non-commercial, but it hinges on not caving to commercial pressures.
Funnily enough, three months after that video, corporate greed led Frost and others to abandon The Escapist and regroup under Second Wind.
(Hi! I’m new here. Expect me to go through and answer some old posts Soon™. I hope I can get used to Lemmy. Never got used to Reddit…)
If by drama you mean the issue with The Escapist and their (former) team, I only know things superficially, but it seems that the company that owns The Escapist has decided to cut costs and is firing a lot of people. Frost (the one narrating the video) and Yahtzee, the “face” of The Escapist videos, along with other less visible folks, probably, have quit in solidarity. They are forming their own new channel.
But I didn’t see anything in the comment section pertaining that matter.