Ok. I recently embarked on a journey to delve into the Community Games on Xbox Live with the intention of buying and reviewing one game each week for this here website. If you don’t actually know what I’m referring to, then you’re probably not alone. Buried somewhere within the New Xbox Experience’s vast array of squares (Game Marketplace > Explore Game Content > Community Games, to be precise), you’ll find about 200 titles begging you to play them. You see, these are all indie games. We’re not talking World of Goo levels of indie-ness, oh no, plenty of these are proper bedroom coded, one man and his dog and a tin of uncooked baked beans type games. In a nutshell, it’s essentially Xbox Live Arcade, albeit without the stringent quality assurance policies. Plus it’s cheaper too with games starting from as little as 200 points.

So yes, my journey… Read on »