There are a lot of independent games out there, so the Indiecade East organizers made it easy for newcomers to the indie genre by organizing a whole arcade of what they consider the 25 Most Essential Indie...

IndieCade East is hailed as the Sundance Festival for video games. This year’s IndieCade East served as a great example of what defines independent video games and gaming as a medium. Never have I...

Dubstep is one of those crazy music genres that get people into long-winded arguments on whether or not it is actually a genre of music. Dubstep is in-your-face beats full of techno rhythm with a myriad...

Love it or hate it, Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy series is a mainstay in videogaming. Some of the most prized stories, amazing musical scores and graphical tour de forces have come from the 20+ years...

Indie Game Thing: Soundodger+ Music is a captivating piece of art that some of us (almost) can’t live without. Urges to scream, cry, move, dance, and swing comes from music. However, we don’t have...

By: Matthew Maravilla Last weekend, in Weston Hall, a horde of beginner and experienced game developers alike amassed for what is the Global Game Jam, a worldwide 48-hour-make-a-game-a-thon. From the...

By: Ayodeji Asagaba "Cha La Head Cha Ok” Namco-Bandai is back with a return to the storied Dragon Ball universe. After a 3 year hiatus (ignoring the Kinect game and HD re-release) comes Battle of Z...

“Hey, you’ve got some red on you.” By: Ayodeji Asagba Hello reader, and welcome to 2014! Hope the New Year has been a good one for you and that you've got a lot of big plans ahead. Most importantly,...

By: Matthew Maravilla As with big budget games, the idea of “don’t fix what isn’t broken" is just as true for indies. Of course, when an independent team after 2004 decides not to fix the wheel,...

An example of a diamond in the rough Of all of the games I’ll ever talk about in Indie Game Thing, Contrast will be one game that really surprised me. Mixing the gilded ideals of the 1920’s with childhood...

With the new console releases come a new wave of games. Surprisingly enough, one of the best games coming out from the Sony camp seems to be an indie game from the guys who made Super Stardust HD. Being...