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Definition:
Indie – Independent. Small. Good.
Game – Video Game, PC Game, and the like
Mag – Magazine
In short: Indie Game Magazine is an independently owned, developer-centric, video game magazine. IGM strives to highlight the artists and community behind the most creative video games. For us, the best games around are indie games. What are indie games? Indie games are video games made by passionate game developers who typically publish their game on their own via the internet.
A bit more: The Indie Game Magazine is a print and digital magazine that was started in October 2008 by Mike Gnade. Basically, Mike was sitting around while his wife was shopping and came up with the idea for IGM. Ultimately, it was the great initial surge of support from indie game developers and readers that led to the Indie Game Magazine evolving into a bi-monthly digital and print magazine. You can read more about the magazine and website’s humble beginning on MagCloud’s Blog. After about 18 months of steady growth and a successful ‘Pay-What-You-Want’ Promotion, the founders of IGM felt that it was time for an upgrade. In May 2010, Indie Game Mag 2.0 launched with a brand new look for the website and magazine…it was costly, but we’re hoping it will help solidify indiegamemag.com as a premiere source of indie gaming news and culture.
We rate all of our games based on their graphics, gameplay, sound, and lasting appeal. Each category is given a score on a scale of 1-10 (10 being perfect and 1 being horrendous). The average of these scores is tallied to give each game a percentage score and grade (A thru F). Games are more than the sum of their parts, so we do adjust our average scores based on our final assessment of the game, its appeal, creativity, uniqueness, and overall value.
About our On Trial Reviews:
These reviews are based on the game’s demo so typically the game can only be played for an hour or less. As a result, these reviews should be taken as ‘first impressions’ and not as a final evaluation of a game’s quality. The scale is as follows:
- 1-Abysmal – barely playable
- 2-Terrible – a chore to play
- 3-Bad – not worth the download
- 4-Pretty Bad – has major flaws
- 5-Mediocre – below average
- 6-Average – solid but forgettable
- 7-Good – try the demo
- 8-Great – download immediately
- 9-Fantastic – Buy this game
- 10-Perfection – Buy this game NOW!
At the Indie Game Magazine, it is essential for us to work with the community and indies out there to create great content. Our number 1 goal is to have direct interaction with our readers and indie game developers out there. The indie scene is not bustling with millions of dollars and neither is our magazine. We rely on our readers to support our site by submitting great content, games to review, purchasing a subscription, and spreading the word.
We want the Indie Game Magazine to be the best place for indie game content. We want aspiring game journalists, game developers, and indie games to get noticed and publicized as much as possible.
It’s really easy to contribute to our website and magazine. Simply visit the Submit Section and send in your story, game, picture, video, etc. While, IGM focuses on Indie Games, we are game enthusiasts and enjoy looking at anything that is off the beaten path. Don’t be shy. As long as it’s gaming related, you’re good.
All of our user’s articles are posted to the website, but if your submission grabs our attention we’ll promote it on the front page. If your submission is good enough, it will get pushed to the top of the site for maximum exposure and could even appear in the magazine.
We’re looking for witty, funny, and insightful content that is relevant to the Indie Game Magazine. Our staff focuses on previewing, reviewing and reporting news on indie games, but you can feel free to submit any gaming related articles. We like stuff that’s odd and different – that’s why we focus on indie and downloadable games rather than AAA titles.
Offensive or promotional stuff gets deleted. Pictures are always a plus. Original, exclusive content is always great. Subscriptions pay the bills and give you additional submission super powers.
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