Comments on: So...got some time to kill?

So...got some time to kill?

juv3nal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:01:41 -0800

Courtesy of the indiegames.com weblog, the top 10 indie games of 2010 in a variety of categories:

Freeware Experimental Games (previously)
Freeware Shoot 'em Ups
Freeware Role-Playing Games
Freeware Puzzle Games
Freeware Adventure Games
Browser Arcade Games
Freeware Arcade Games
Browser Platformers
Top 10 Indie Games (overall, including ones that *gasp* actually cost money)
Indie Games To Watch Out For In 2011

By: naturalog

naturalog — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:10:35 -0800

Good bye, productivity!

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:10:53 -0800

Agh. Missed Freeware Platformers. Also, best of 2006 through 2009 here.

By: specialagentwebb

specialagentwebb — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:11:15 -0800

Aah, KOLM. I spent so many hours hunting down all your little robot bits.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:13:57 -0800

WHere were you earlier, when I was trying to procrastinate?

By: pjaust

pjaust — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:15:27 -0800

Video games can never be art. -Ebert

By: fantodstic

fantodstic — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:18:17 -0800

Thank you Thank you Thank you for this post!

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:18:44 -0800

WHere were you earlier, when I was trying to procrastinate? I was busy playing every single one of those games to ensure that they meet Metafilter's rigorous standards of quality.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:20:55 -0800

Just wanted to thank you for posting this now, and not during finals week.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:31:00 -0800

Also, counterpoint from that other giant of indie game websites: the top indie games of 2010 according to the tigsource forums.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:35:31 -0800

I've been playing suteF, it's fantastic.

By: symbioid

symbioid — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:39:14 -0800

Hydorah! Yes! I still have yet to get past the 2nd stage of that damn game. It's fucking AWESOME! (Should pick it up and play again this weekend). Is Notch the anti-Carmack? Small indie coder with mad skills, makes a fortune... only... with non-uber-graphics?

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:40:46 -0800

YAY! Thanks for posting.

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:35 -0800

Is Notch the anti-Carmack? Announcing MINECRAFT '13: -Updated graphics! -Play as the rescued Chilean miners! -New "Expert Tools" peripherals will actually fall apart as you use them! Real simulated real wear! -Tons of DLC for the low low price of $27.99 per pack!

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:02:35 -0800

That being said, I am so glad I have a three day weekend so I can lock the door to the office and play these games non-stop until I have to go back to work.

By: vapidave

vapidave — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:14:49 -0800

Carmack was a small indie coder with mad skills - years before the estimable Notch. "when Carmack was 14, he broke into a school to steal Apple II computers, was arrested, and sent for psychiatric evaluation (the report mentions "no empathy for other human beings"). Carmack was then sentenced to a year in a juvenile home.^ SPEAK ILL OF THE CARMACK AT YOUR PERIL.

By: symbioid

symbioid — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:22:24 -0800

Wait... How was I speaking ill of him? He was a god before all others! He was the inspiration for one of my friends to get into programming games. If you're referring to bsp's comment, I'd imagine that's more a statement on id and zenimax. Especially Zenimax! "no empathy" Sounds like a typical coding god.

By: markr

markr — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:44:10 -0800

By: vapidave

vapidave — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:49:48 -0800

Heh, I've spent probably all of $250 on Carmack and lately Notch products for thousands of hours of fully engaged entertainment. I ♥Love♥ those guys. OP yeah!? how by any metric isn't Minecraft at least in the mix? I guess Mojang sold out to the Man and lost their indie cred.

By: Alex404

Alex404 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:15:14 -0800

Oh man, The Spirit Engine 2 was one of the best role playing games I've ever played. Brilliant strategic combat, awesome storyline and characters, and a good length - about 20 hours. If you're a fan of RPGs, you owe it to yourself to play through it.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:19:37 -0800

[Erm, stop reading if you don't want to find out which game didn't come number one] It's not really my sort of thing and I don't play it, but by pretty much any metric Minecraft was the top indie game of the year. Hell, it's arguably game of the year, indie or not. To be fair: Minecraft was released in time to be get an honorable mention last year. But given that they didn't see fit to exclude it from the running this time around, I agree that they shouldn't count that against it.

By: disillusioned

disillusioned — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:57:34 -0800

These sort of posts should be fully illegal to post during working hours. See you all on Monday.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:05:35 -0800

Favourited this *so hard* because right now I don't have time for games (or metafilter... but go figure). Hoping I have time, some time, in the rather near future to go through my metafilter favourites and rediscover this post. Cheers juv3nal!

By: fullerine

fullerine — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:02:47 -0800

I was about to say Jeff Minter's coming back to lead these bedroom coders to the promised land, turns out he never left Minecraft has been "game of the year" if only for the numbers.

By: effugas

effugas — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:23:41 -0800

If you haven't tracked down Digital: A Love Story, and you're at all the sort of nerd who might have used BBS's in the 90's, you must play this. It's astonishing.

By: juv3nal

juv3nal — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:40:34 -0800

It's astonishing. Indeed.

By: codacorolla

codacorolla — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:15:35 -0800

Looming is really, really fun (found in the adventure games section).

By: Admira

Admira — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:35:47 -0800

Road of the Dead... I love it!