Everyday Shooter

Steam is offering the "who's who" of independent video games in an incredible sale you'd be silly to miss. For $30, you can get 10 indie games via the service: Audiosurf Blueberry Garden Braid Crayon Physics Deluxe Darwinia ...

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TEST Filed under: Downloads, Indie

Not to be outdone by Direct2Drive's previously announced indie game sales bundle, the folks at Valve have decided to hold their own sale on Steam that lowers the cost of getting into the indie games scene. From...

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TEST Filed under: Features, Indie

So you are looking for a new experience in gaming. But the mainstream market is getting you down with its high price tags and extensive DRM. But there's a lot of great games out there that you can get cheap. The...

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TEST Filed under: Culture, Indie

Independent Minds aims to take various aspects of indie gaming and present them to you each week. From game round-ups to design elements to interviews with prominent members of the scene, it's an exploration of...

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When Everyday Shooter launched on the PS3 late last year, it was a critical darling. Its innovative synesthetic gameplay combined shooting with some truly spectacular guitar riffs. The game is the loving creation of Jon Mak, who produced...

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Filed under: PC

For the PS3-deficient amongst you, you've got a second chance to play ... nay, experience Jonathan Mak's procedurally generated musical shooter, Everyday Shooter. If you've got a Windows PC, Valve's Steam client, and an unused $10...

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One of the first sessions of GDC 08, titled "Scattershot of Play - Potential of Indie Games," various game creators got together to talk about game length, input/output and "reality games."

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Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360

Did you know that video games have stories? Oh, you did? Well, apparently NPR's Chana Joffe-Walt didn't, which only partly explains her condescending -- borderline inflammatory -- piece on Bungie's Joseph...

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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBLA)If not worthy of a Top 10 spot, then certainly Pac-Man deserves Joystiq's 'Comeback Player of the Year' award. I...

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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360

NPR's All Things Considered has been spending a moment each day this week reflecting on "the ones that got away." Whether it be books, which they covered on Monday, or television shows, which...

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