Welcome to The Pretentious Indie Gamer Scene. When I say “welcome” I really mean it in a selective sort of way. For example, have you heard of Darwinia? You have? Cool, why don’t you take a step through that door. The one labelled Exit. Do you really think Darwinia is “indie” by any stretch of the imagination? Really? Indie games being sold on Steam? Heh, If my nervous system wasn’t too busy trying to figure out whether to vomit or cry, I can assure you I’d probably be laughing at you, or at least quietly judging you in my mind.

This site isn’t about “indie” (note the quotes) games that are being sold on Steam. You can read all about Half-Life 2 and Eternity’s Child and Aquaria at TIGSource, which might as well be called NIGSource on account of anything you read there is Not an Indie Game. Yeah, hold on, let me write about a game everyone already knows about on account of it’s been advertised on XBox Live and the Playstation Network for weeks now. Hey guys, did you know Castle Crashers was out? Well, it is, why don’t you buy it so you can pretend like you care about indie games at all. Note the word “pretend.” Yeah, I went there.

The PIGScene goes beyond the mainstream. We report on real indie games that real indie artists are creating. Note the word “artist” as opposed to “developer.” I’m talking about Jenova Chen before fl0w, or Nifflas before he realized he could make a lot of money making games where you’re basically testing a platform engine.

Don’t dig it? Whatever, we don’t care.