It seems appropriate that the first major documentary about video-game makers should get a downloadable expansion, doesn't it? » 7/17/13 9:30pm 7/17/13 9:30pm

"Indie Game: The Movie" has finally been released into the wild. The much anticipated documentary centers on the creation of Super Meat Boy and Fez, along with the men responsible; Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes, and Phil Fish. It also seeks to enlighten the general audience on the magical work of independent games as… » 6/14/12 12:30pm 6/14/12 12:30pm

Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary following the careers of a few of the more notable indie devs going around, moves men to tears. It's also, by all accounts, rather good. But I never knew it was this good. » 3/28/12 3:40am 3/28/12 3:40am

After the film's award-winning showing at the Sundance Film Festival, the folks behind Indie Game: The Movie have opted to turn down traditional distribution deals and take it on the road themselves. Possibly to a city near you! » 2/21/12 2:00pm 2/21/12 2:00pm

Indie developer Phil Fish, maker of Fez, opined today that after spending a lot of time with Hollywood types (no doubt in promotion of the critically lauded Indie Game: The Movie, in which he and his game play a central role), he's realized how cool the game scene is by comparison. Considering that the film is being… » 1/24/12 1:30pm 1/24/12 1:30pm

Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary about getting an indie game made, had a pretty successful debut at Sundance over the weekend. So successful, in fact, it's already been picked up by HBO so it can be turned into a TV series. » 1/22/12 9:00pm 1/22/12 9:00pm

Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky's upcoming documentary Indie Game: The Movie will be making its debut at the well-regarded World Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. » 11/30/11 10:30pm 11/30/11 10:30pm

It's taken a long time for Fez to get finished. It's taken a long time for Indie Game: The Movie to get finished, too. So, when filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky showed the documentary to gamemaker Phil Fish—who, along with Braid creator Jonathan Blow and the two-man Team Meat, is one of the indie… » 11/28/11 4:40pm 11/28/11 4:40pm

Big money, big production video games are great, but let's never forget about the indie games, that's where the sexy happens. » 12/29/10 12:00pm 12/29/10 12:00pm

After covering the 2009 Game Developers Conference, BlinkWorks Media decided they wanted to create a documentary film that studies independent game developers as a way to understand the medium and the theory behind video games. » 5/18/10 4:20pm 5/18/10 4:20pm