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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Free Indie Games is a lot of free indie games chosen by Terry Cavanagh]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/"><img  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/wither.png" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; " /></a></div>Terry Cavanagh, indie-game maniac behind <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/VVVVVV/"><em>VVVVVV</em></a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ChatChat/"><em>Chat Chat</em></a> and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/at-a-distance"><em>At a Distance</em></a>, has started a new website with a title to make an SOE enthusiast blush: <a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/">Free Indie Games</a>. Guess what it offers? Free indie games, as chosen by Cavanagh based on their <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/terrycavanagh/status/181185413204033536">newness</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/terrycavanagh/status/181185496037335041">goodness</a>, freeness, indieness and gameness.<br /><br />Currently, Free Indie Games "highly recommends" <a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/03/wither-rastek/"><em>Wither</em></a>, <em><a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/03/game-title-lost-levels-michael-brough/">Game Title: Lost Levels</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/03/dys4ia-auntie-pixelante/">Dys4ia</a></em>, but recent titles we find intriguing include <em><a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/03/nausea-rorschachlarshe/">Nausea</a> </em>and <a href="http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/03/socially-awkward-conversationalist-madumluna/"><em>Socially Awkward Conversationalist</em></a>. But they're all free, so really, every single one is quite intriguing to begin with.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/">Free Indie Games is a lot of free indie games chosen by Terry Cavanagh</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20195778/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/18/free-indie-games-is-a-lot-of-free-indie-games-chosen-by-terry-ca/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>At-a-Distance</category><category>ChatChat</category><category>Dys4ia</category><category>freeware</category><category>Game-Title-Lost-Levels</category><category>Indie</category><category>nausea</category><category>pc</category><category>Socially-Awkward-Conversationalist</category><category>terry-cavanagh</category><category>vvvvvv</category><category>wither</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cavanagh's ChatChat teaches the finer points of feline life]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/01/chatchat.png" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; " /></a></div><em>ChatChat </em>would be an entirely sensible game if not for the second half of its one-sentence <a href="http://distractionware.com/blog/2012/01/chatchat-2/">description</a>. We were totally on board through "<em>ChatChat </em>is a game about being a cat," but we threw up our hands in incredulity at "and talking to other cats." We'll be a cat, sure, but a <em>talking </em>cat? Too far, Terry Cavanagh. <em>Too far</em>.<br /><br />Cavanagh is the (mad)man behind <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/vvvvvv">VVVVVV</a> </em>and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/At-a-Distance/"><em>At a Distance</em></a>, and <em>ChatChat </em>(we assume pronounced "Chat cat," with the second "h" as a soft "whipped" sound)<em> </em>is one of a few smaller projects he's working on this year. It involves running around various forests, "mush rooms," alleyways and secret areas, and figuring out the ways you can interact with the environment and other cats. Yes, you can talk to the other cats in your room, but you can also meow, purr, screech and turn into a dog to play tag with your cat friends.<br /><br />You can play <em>ChatChat </em>on <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCavanagh_B/chatchat">Kongregate</a> right now and learn why cats seem to find it so amusing to lurk around abandoned alleyways, kill mice and, as the game's instructions suggest, "be a cat."<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/">Cavanagh's ChatChat teaches the finer points of feline life</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20161283/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/31/cavanaghs-chatchat-teaches-the-finer-points-of-feline-life/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>At-a-Distance</category><category>Cats</category><category>ChatChat</category><category>mac</category><category>pc</category><category>terry-cavanagh</category><category>vvvvvv</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>