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Top Ten Best Indie Games of 2010

This, was difficult. Selecting ten games from the plethora of independent comers in a watershed year for the indie gaming community was made even more difficult because of our desire to showcase those creative and adventurous minds that are helping to break molds and old patterns and often we have to separate the developer from the game and base our decision on the game itself – its playability, narrative, ease of use, originality, execution and not the potential of its creators.

Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

An indie game review of “Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent” from Telltale Games available for Windows PC, Steam, iPod and iPad.

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Review: Enviro Bear 2010

Winter is coming. In fact, it’s coming in roughly five minutes. Too bad you’ve spent every minute up to now being lazy and generally NOT preparing for hibernation. You now have only one option: jump in a beat up old muscle car and drive through the forest to gather enough resources to sleep through the winter safely.

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Review: Guns of Icarus

A review of Guns of Icarus from Muse Games and notes on how to make a superficial Steampunk title a great Steampunk game.

Canabalt

Want some heart-stopping indie game browser action? That’s right, you don’t need to buy anything, sign-up for anything, hold anything just run and jump like a crazed fugitive in a grayscale world.

Review: Caster

For a mere five bucks you can partake of this beautiful 3D shooter with heart-pounding music and additional episodes when you need to go deeper into the world of Caster from indie developer Elecorn.