Gweek 008: 250 Indie Games You Must Play

Mark Frauenfelder 7:10 am Mon Jun 20, 2011

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This is an all-gaming episode of Gweek!

Rob, Joel (of Kotaku), and I chatted with Mike Rose, who is a freelance games journalist, an editor at Indie Games, and the author of 250 Indie Games You Must Play.

Here's what we talked about:

• A retro platformer called, VVVVVV (pronounced "vee").

• The soundtrack to VVVVVV, called PPPPPP.

• Terraria Online, a 2D multiplayer Minecraft.

• Project Zomboid, a zombie survival RPG.

• Nintendo's head-scratching Wii U.

• Sony's new portable game player, the PS Vita

• Mobile Minecraft on Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play

• A trippy game for Xbox and Playstation that Joel declares to be "very Boing Boing," Child of Eden

• Rob's new exclusive flash game for Boing Boing: 9x9RPG

• Another game from Boing Boing Gadgets, Low-Altitude Attack Zeppelin

• The NBC TV series, Community

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