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Every day, indie games are becoming a bigger force in the industry. Much like film in the late '60s, there's a sense that a healthy undercurrent of young minds are actually coming up with the new ideas that will move the medium forward. As the major studios and their publishers' budgets climb astronomically with each AAA release title, there are those creators out there who are still making video games the hard way: in a garage, or a back room, with very little money, but the total freedom to express their personal vision through the game.

The much anticipated documentary, "Indie Game: The Movie," takes a deeper look at what it takes to be one of those sleepless visionaries. Now, the film is far enough along that there's a brand new trailer, as well as another opportunity to help finance its post-production.

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Tags blinkworks, braid, fez, indie game: the movie, super meat boy, team meat

The holiday season is supposed to be a time for giving and doing nice things for others, and that's exactly what Wolfire Games set out to accomplish the first time they assembled a Humble Indie Bundle. The game roster consists of "Braid," "Cortex Command," "Machinarium," "Osmos" and "Revenge of the Titans" this time around, and the same decide-what-you-pay system of sliding bars will determine both how much money you pay and how much goes to the developers, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play.

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Tags braid, cortex command, humble indie bundle, humble indie bundle 2, Machinarium, osmos, revenge of the titans, wolfire games

"Braid" creator Jonathan Blow conducted a low-profile series of play-tests at PAX for his upcoming title "The Witness," and though his display was easy to overlook, a few details and some early gameplay footage taken by Kotaku have emerged. The "Myst"-like 3-D world of puzzles that he shared with lucky, attentive con-goers served as a experiment for him, in addition to providing a few gamers with a show-floor Easter egg.

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Tags braid, jonathan blow, the witness

Once upon a time a dude with a PC rig laughed at a Cupertino enthusiast. His sleek and beautiful Apple iMac could do a lot of things quickly; but none of that power amounted to a hill of beans when it came to games. Simple fact was that publishers didn't have a powerhouse digital delivery pipeline... Until now, that is.

Valve put on a big show Wednesday afternoon with the launch of its Steam platform for the Macintosh, revealing a staggering 63 games that Mac owners could buy on the first day of its release. That's a lot stuff to sift through. No worries, though. I did all the hard work and plucked out ten games that you simply must have among the impressive list of launch titles.

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Tags braid, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Loom, Machinarium, Macintosh, Peggle Nights, portal, Steam, tales of monkey island, torchlight, World of Goo

Xbox Live is down for the entire day today, so if you're looking to pwn some noobs, you've come to the wrong place. As an alternative, might we suggest these single player-only games to while the hours away? (Note: In the interest of keeping this list manageable, these games have no online components...but a great solo experience!)

Fallout 3

From a bang-for-your-buck perspective, few single-player games offer more value than "Fallout 3." Even without the DLC, you're looking at a good 40-50 hours of gameplay. Chances are by the time you put this one down you'll be just in time to play "Project Natal," let alone Xbox Live.
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Tags assassin's creed, bioshock, braid, dead space, fallout 3, xbox live