Indie games

I’ve been waiting to play some games. I like indie games, pretentious art games, punk experimental games, games that exist to defy the mainstream. Made by starving artists and new-age geeks they present one of the last entertainment forms that remain truly counter-culture. “The Path” was my favorite, a surreal interactive retelling of Little Red Riding Hood that felt like you were playing a David Lynch movie. Something less artsy and more humorous is “AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard for Gravity” a game about base-jumping in the far future, with each level being described in a made-up jargon and your score measured in teeth. New video games are so often clones of old games, and genres are so homogenous that I love these indie games for going so far out of the realm of convention.