It's official: indie games are now an important part of today's pop culture. It cannot be denied.
Every day -- whether it's on their smartphones or on their favorite websites -- people who have no idea that an independent video game movement even exists play indie games. This has made the games industry reconsider the "wild" notion that a video game developed by one or two guys in their spare time -- and offered freely through the web -- can be played by thousands upon thousands of people.
Much like it was for both music and cinema, the evolution of the medium's tools of creation (they've become cheap and accessible) and a prevailing feeling of stagnation in its mainstream have set the stage for indie game designers to rise up and remind us, in the true spirit of punk rock, that, even though millions of dollars are being spent on developing derivative "triple-A" games, it only takes the will of a few, and a rudimentary knowledge of the medium's craft to create something passionate and engaging.
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