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An Overview of the IGF Finalists

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-games-small-companies dept.

Gamespy has a great piece looking at this year's finalists for the Independent Games Festival. Awards for the festival will be given out next week at the Game Developer's Conference. From the article: "From the title, you'd guess that Dad 'N Me was a charming interactive tale about a father's love for his child. That's exactly the kind of wholesome headline-grabber that this industry needs. Right? Sure. Except this is not that game. No, Dad 'N Me is all about beating up children on a playground. I'm not kidding you. You're a purple wrecking machine, and your job is to smack the crap out of little weeble-wobble-shaped children using your head, hands, feet ... garbage cans, lawn mowers, propane tanks ... even other children."

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  1. Credibility, here we COME! by thatoneguy_jm · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh yeah, this is just going to bring *miles* of credibility to indie games...

    Also, one of my friends showed a disturbing amount of glee when I told him about this game. He's a 3rd grade teacher. Go figure.

  2. Come On... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Come on, this is a whole event. Can we talk about something other than the most violent game there?

    What about Darwinia http://www.darwinia.co.uk/? How about Tribal Trouble http://tribaltrouble.com/? Crazy Ball http://www.atomicelbow.com/?

    let the entire competition shine, not just the one crappy flash game that gets media attention!