Indie games

Indie games, for those who don't know, are games not made by major developers but instead made by smaller companies with only a few small title to their name. When the video game industry was young, just about every game was made by small developers. Then when consoles gained there footing with the NES, Nintendo drastically cut back on indie games by only allowing games they approved of to be published for their system. Other developers also had a certain level of propriety, but the main disadvantage to indie publishers was the shear cost of producing games and distributing them to gamers.

While not really a bad thing, the lack of indie developers did put a bit of a block on creativity. Games are expensive to make so developers tended to focus on well established formulas and genres. Indie developers don't have the money or skills to compete in the established categories, so they must focus on concepts and ideas that aren't being addressed by the major companies.

Of late, indie game makers have gotten some avenues for distribution. Xbox live Arcade and the Steam game download service allow gamers to pay money for games without having to buy a physical disk. This works well for developers since it allows them to focus there capital towards game development and not have to worry so much about distribution.

This was a very long way to say that I have some indie games that I would like to suggest for any readers. The first two are traditional RPG's called "Breath of Death 7" and "Cthulhu Saves the World" by the same publisher. For $3 dollars on steam, these games are steal for the level of fun they give. They sort of parody the whole RPG genre, which is always fun. The other game I would like to suggest is "Anamoly Warzone Earth" on Steam. This is in interesting game that I will go into more next time, but its essentially tower defense, except you attack the towers. Give it a look.

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