Interview with Andrew Spinks, Designer behind Terraria

If you haven’t heard, Terraria is the word. The game has only been in development since January of this year but that hasn’t stopped it from making waves in the Indie Game scene. I recently got the chance to speak

Minecraft Announces Licenses for Mod Developers

Yesterday started as a normal day for Notch. Going about his usual routine he posted on his blog, The Word of Notch, the results of the latest meeting. Within a few minutes that update had turned into a veritable storm

On Minecraft and Materialism

What can be said about Minecraft that hasn’t already? You are given a world to play in and you are all alone. You are free to create anything and to sculpt your environment to how you see fit. But the

More Finished Games?

Comments of the most curious nature came out of Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse’s interview with GameSetWatch. To provide you with a block quote: I think that the indie scene is out of control. There are SO many games being made,

What Minecraft is good for

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG9SPywEGm4&w=640&h=390] I like to imagine Notch living in a palatial estate, thinking up new ways users can create viral content with his game. I mean, I like Minecraft. I like Minecraft a lot. But I think I’ve watch more of

Minecraft update looks awesome

Minecraft, aka most people with a PC’s indie darling of the year, is already more successful than most games, and it’s still in Alpha. Well, that’s probably not true. It’s more that, it’s a fully featured indie game that the