Buried in the official announcement of XNA Game Studio 3.1 is news that, come late July, Xbox Live Community Games…
The good thing about the second annual Bay Area Game Jam's make-a-game-in-4824-hours contest is you get free games…
IndieGames' freeware pick, Where, is exactly what I need to come down from the towering rage brought on by a…
In its "All New" issue, discussing the cutting edge of trends in American culture, New York Magazine lauds four…
MacOS and Linux's install base is dwarfed by Windows, so in terms of which platform to develop for, that ends the…
Video, of course, takes its root from the Latin word for "see." So a "video game" for those who have lost their…
Gamasutra's been rounding up the top titles of the year in a variety of categories; up recently were the top five…
The Majesty of Colors is weird, lovely little game by Gregory Weir that's been making the rounds as of late. There…
London-based independent developer Beatnik Games announces beta signups for their first game, Plain Sight, which…
We mentioned the somewhat odd BusinessWeek Arcade back when it launched; now Ian Bogost has taken up the whys and…
If you've got some time this afternoon, the Escapist has a nice answer to holiday excess — several pages of free…
A couple of Kotakuites have written to underline what I'd already noticed — the lists of the 2009 Independent Games…
From SKT comes a bizarrely addictive little game called Robo-Evolution. It's very short, but there's a certain je…
Kotakuite Daniel Novais sent me an email this past week, asking me to take a look at his "little short artsy game"…
Edmund McMillen (of Aether, Gish, and the game that shall not be named) is back with Meat Boy, a challenging little…
I stumbled across this "review" of World of Goo courtesy the boys at Rock, Paper, Shotgun and nearly ruined my…
The results of the inauguaral PAX 10 indie games showcase are in and the audience has spoken. 10 games won spots on…
We're having a slow weekend here at Kotaku: Owen is off, and I'm holed up in bed trying to stave off the flu; Aether…
Talk of how we review games has been swirling about for quite some time now. Many people have commented on the lack…
Ian Bogost sent along this link to his latest little title, this one called Honorarium: "An autobiographical art…