The video game industry is in a funny place. On one hand it is becoming a huge Hollywood-style industry but on the other it is in a similar place to comics 20 years ago.
What I mean by that is that individuals are beginning to home-bake games of increasing sophistication. They are also digging for nuggets of originality that are ignored by the big game studios (More pixels, more noise, more explicit content)
Here's an example of a really fun and clever game that has been launched recently:
(There's a free demo available for mac or PC
here )
