While the independent games scene isn't quite as spectacular as independent film, it does share
one
important characteristic.
Original ideas. Rather than cookie cutter games (and at the risk of being boiled alive, Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 are merely refinements to an already saturated genre), indie games seem to show actual creativity. There is nothing WRONG with refining a genre, don't get me wrong, but when you've eaten a steady diet of, say, chicken recipes for years… When someone comes along with some beef, it makes a great change.
Okay, so that can go in the "worst analogy of 2005" list probably, but it's late and it's new years… You get the idea…
