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You probably know by now that  Qwak is one of my all-time favourite retro platform games and is definitely a hidden gem of the internet. I try to spread the word about it as much as possible without becoming Mr. Spam of Spam Lane, Spammington – so here’s another shameless plug!
Jamie Woodhouse has [...]

Since the IGF 2010 finalists were announced only the other day, the internet has been working it’s magic to produce a couple of related early bits and bobs that are worth perusing. Here are just a couple.
Many people who submitted their game for the competition this year have posted the feedback they received from the [...]

To all you people who are crazy enough to read this blog regularly – and even to those who are just passing through – I wish you all a very Happy New Year!
I hope your holiday season went well. It’s been a pretty good year for indie games and I’m expecting another great list of [...]

Originally known as Project Q when it was first brought into the public domain some months ago, Nifflas today released Saira [link], his latest complete game and his first venture into shareware. And a fine piece of work it is, too!
After my recent verbal wranglings regarding Cave Story for the Wii, a few people seemed [...]

I snatched up Madballs in… Babo: Invasion [link] yesterday in Steam’s holiday sale and had a ton of fun in the multiplayer. I’ve been racking my brains trying to remember exactly which game it reminded me of, then it struck me like a swarm of rockets – the ol’ classic BaboViolent [link], of course! It’d [...]

You can’t really argue with a name like Gratuitous Space Battles, can you? It shouts “Hey, look at me!” down your ear like a drill sergeant yelling at a soldier who isn’t standing up straight. It sums up just about everything that’s great about it in three perfect words. You fight battles against your many [...]

Another day, another couple of indie titles that may pique your curiosity!
Osmos [link], released a few months ago by Hemisphere Games, is something I failed miserably to mention at the time. Continuing the trend of ambient chillout games with which you can switch your brain off for a while, this one features a nifty absorb [...]

There’ve been a lot of good indie productions released this month (and in previous months when I’ve been slacking), so it’s probably time to catch up with a few…
First, from Amanita Design, comes Machinarium [link]. The winner of this year’s IGF Excellence in Visual Art award has been a long time in the works but [...]

Superb news! Possibly the best “ethical” abandonware site that ever was has been put back into action. A group of determined individuals seem to be working their socks off to reincarnate Home of the Underdogs after several years of stagnation! I wish them the best of luck… it’s not the smallest of [...]

Back in the days of Windows 3.11 there weren’t all that many decent games; most of the really cool and trendy stuff was still being made for DOS. One shareware game that bucked the trend, however, was Inner Space [link], released in 1994 by Software Dynamics. I would say it’s worth recognising as one of [...]

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