Hey all, Julius here. Some of you might know me as Diverse, or "that fat white kid who gets too drunk at NARPs". Whatever you might know me from, one thing you should all know is that Anthrocon is taking place RIGHT. FUCKING. NOW. What is...

Daphaknee, a somewhat minor voice in the indie gaming community, or rather it'd be more appropriate to say she's just close friends with Auntie Pixelante which is what she's mostly known for, made this short fanfic on twitter: she got th...

Momodora is a charming metroidvania platformer by redein(Guilherme Martins) that has you playing as a nameless girl who's in search of a sacred item that can bring her dead mother back to life. Some of you might recognize the name redein ...

Jonatan "Cactus" S�derstr�m introduced his latest game to the internet a few days ago with a freshly uploaded trailer onto his YouTube page. Norrland was made for the Kulturbygden in Sollefte� art exhibition, where the theme was "K�rlek i...

Out of nowhere, one of the most prolific indie developers in not just the Japanese scene, but on the global indie scale, released two new games today. The first being a complete version of a beta game he released nearly two years ago orig...

That last blog? Just trolling you guys. Here are the real winners. I wrote down each participating member's username onto a small slip of paper, and then put all 500 or so slips of paper into my waste basket, shook it up, and pulled out t...

LOL DID YOU ASSHOLES REALLY THINK YOU WERE GOING TO WIN ANYTHING?

Cave Story means a lot to me. So much so that I wish everyone on this planet would have a chance to play it at least once. While that is a nearly impossible wish, I still want more people to experience it. It's come to my attention that m...

You don't like me. But you know I like you. I don't have much else to say. So here's a loli with birthday cake, hooray/ Thank you for accepting me, Dtoid.

I haven't seen a lot of talk about the Superbrothers' upcoming game, Sword & Sworcery EP(the misspelling intentional), and it's a damn shame. They recently released two new footage trailers for it, one showing how the game is played and ...

Normally I wouldn't make a post just because some screenshots were released of some game, but this is Spelunky we're talking about here. You can view them below in the gallery. Now, the first thing that came to mind when I saw these was ...

ZUN put up a blog yesterday announcing the next side-entry to the Touhou series of danmaku shoot 'em ups: Touhou Bunkachou ~ Double Spoiler. This particular entry is actually a sequel(a first for the series!) to the original Touhou Bunka...

My Twitter exploded today with a bunch of Indie gamers and developers alike talking about the newly established Indie Fund. Basically it's a program spear-headed by some of the most successful indie developers who really made a name for t...

Earlier this morning Jonathan Blow opened up a devblog for his upcoming game, The Witness. Unfortunately, as the blog is as fresh as can be, the only thing on offer are some concept art sketches made by Eric Urquhart. The main site, which...

Makoto Asada, the head producer for Cave's console ports, left a devastating message for all their worldwide fans on their development blog today. The message simply states: A truly gut-wrenching blow to all of the shmup fans who belie...

Derek Yu released version 1.1 of his fantastic Spelunky game as a Christmas present to all of us today. Along with the new version, Derek released the source code for Spelunky, so you know what that means. Mother. Fucking. Spelunky. Mods....

Have you ever fantasized about a really tall woman? Like, a gigantic woman? A woman who's taller than the Empire State building? I'm sure every male has thought about this at least one time in there life. Of course, an important question ...

Okay, so... Daisuke Amaya, aka Pixel, aka my personal Jesus, recently released a new game. You might know him as the creator of indie gaming's own little darling, Cave Story, which is enough cause to celebrate whenever this man creates s...

This seems as good a time as any to throw up some indie shmups for everyone to try out. I was spurred to write another IS:SE after BulletMagnet put up a new "How-To" concerning Mushihime-sama Futari, which I urge you all to read. Sadly, I h...

First off, today I've received my copy of the Aquaria OST that I've ordered straight from Alec Holowka through his Infinite Ammo site. Even if you aren't a fan of the game, it had some truly wonderful original music(composed by Alec himse...

What you see above is a Christmas present from my Dtoid secret santa. It's a copy of Taiko no Tatsujin for the PSP, along with a charming hand written note wishing my a Happy Fucking Holiday. The present is awesome, and it wasn't what I w...

I'm sure everyone here is familiar with FanGamer, the awesome indie-shop who caters to fans of the Mother series with awesome things ranging from awesome t-shirts, to awesome custom-made guide books, to awesome handcrafted figures. This p...

More like keep yourself clothed in pretentiousness, amirite? ...anyway, three big names in the indie scene announced recently that, in one way or another, you can wear a shirt resembling their own or someone else's creation. Nifflas and A...

VISIONS is an upcoming MMORPG with a Christian theme, masterminded and developed by a lonely housewife(Laurene Wells) out of the great state of Oregon. This is all played out in the first person, so it's like you're really living and expe...

First off, let's rewind the clock some 4-5 years backwards. Yume Nikki was just released by Kikiyama. In it's wake, a cult following was formed; created from the gamers who became fans of it's twisted, creepy, and downright fucked-up sett...

2D Boy's highly acclaimed game World of Goo is turning 1 year old this week. So how do they celebrate it? By having a birthday sale of course! But this is no ordinary sale. For one week only, 2D Boy is accepting any amount of currency you...

Edmund McMillen, the man who has brought some of the best games the indie scene has ever seen, needs some help. You see, he's recovering from some gall bladder explosion or something in a hospital at this very minute! The problem? The bro h...

Matt Thorson and Tom Sennett released their collaborative game, RunMan: Race Around The World, today. Simply put, it's fantastic, and it's one of those indie titles you really should not pass up. You play RunMan, and as the name simply ...

A demo was just released on the intertubes for Amanita Design's highly anticipated point n' click adventure game, Machinarium. It's a 30mb download which you can grab below. What is there else to say really? Go download it! And don't for...

Lose/Lose is a game created by Zach Gage. In it, your supposed to kill aliens by shooting them. Simple premise right? But there's a twist put on this, every alien is randomly generated and made according to a file located somewhere on you...