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Indiecade Games Fest Kicks Off In California October 1

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | The IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games kicks off in Culver City, California, October 1, a four day blowout of events, exhibitions and keynotes that highlight the best of independent games. You should go! More »
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IndieCade E3 Booth Gives Sneak Peek At Festival Entries

7:00AM Owen Good | IndieCade, this year, is Oct. 1 to Oct. 4, but 25 games out of the hundreds submitted so far will be previewed at the festival’s E3 booth. More »
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PAX, IndieCade Will Now See Your Indie Games

11:20AM AJ Glasser | Penny Arcade Expo has officially opened the PAX 10 Indie Game competition to submissions in the same time frame that IndieCade has opened their second annual indie game competition. More »

Indiecade 2008: Winterbottom! Gravitation! And More!

8:40AM Maggie Greene | During my practically nonexistent downtime, I wandered down to check out the offerings at the E3 installation of Indiecade 2008. Indiecade is, as the name implies, a celebration of a variety of indie games ranging from ‘art games’ to more mainstream-type titles. We’ve covered at least two of the games here on Kotaku — Jason Rohrer’s Gravitation and The Odd Gentlemen’s The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (begun as an MFA thesis at the University of Southern California). I had a chance to check out some of the games, talk to the people behind Indiecade, and watch the goings on — which included a surprising amount of hubbub and talent scouts from several companies lurking around. And there was more than just games: art prints were featured from various games (I even spied a screen from Blueberry Garden), plus videos of ARGs and installation games. My impressions and some pictures after the jump. The playable games at this year’s exhibition spanned an incredibly wide range:

IndieCade ‘08 Submissions Now Open

8:30AM Maggie Greene | IndieCade is a festival of independent games that makes appearances all over the place; this year, they’ll be at events in Hangzhou, E3, E for All, PAX, and a couple of other places. And, like their name would imply, they’re out showcasing independent games. The call recently went out for independent game submissions for the 2008 festivals. The rules look pretty flexible, with the primary requirement being that no major developer’s money has crossed your palm in reference to the submitted game: More »