This article is ancient by today’s standards (e.g. a couple weeks old), but if you haven’t read it yet, you should. Just as D.I.Y. disrupted print, audio, and video media, technology is finally maturing to a place where the mob’s getting access to game development.

From the Times’ Magazine article:

These game designers, a self-described indie scene, form a tightly knit group with a do-it-yourself culture and a rebellious spirit — something like a ’zine movement for video games. New and cheap technologies have enabled the movement’s rise. New tools for production and distribution — through smartphones, over the Web and via downloadable services on PlayStation, Wii and Xbox consoles — now make it possible for individuals to conceive, develop and publish their own games.

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