Is it a social network for gamers? A watering hole for creative types? A place for developers to chat or even form teams to create games? A place to highlight your own work? The short answer to all these questions is yes. While GGE is still in its infancy there's certainly some interesting and fun things going and some great games just waiting to be discovered. But perhaps the best definition of GGE is the one that GarageGames provides:

" The Great Games Experiment is a community in which gamers, developers, and publishers can connect through the games they have created and enjoy playing. GGE has been created with both gamers and game developers in mind. Visitors to the site can participate in the discovery of new games, make friends with other gamers, and even promote their own creations. To date, almost 4,000 games and over 10,000 gamers have combined to create the ultimate online gaming experience. The Great Games Experiment is one of the web's foremost destinations for gamers and developers alike."

The best thing for indie developers and gamers that enjoy these kinds of games is that their passion is heavily supported in GGE, right alongside mainstream big budget PC and console games. It is an interesting idea and one that will hopefully be more refined and defined as GarageGames tweaks the service.

If GGE sounds interesting to you, you should head on over to GreatGamesExperiment.com and sign up - for a limited time you can even get a free game from GarageGames by simply opening a GGE account (from June 7-14, 2007).

That's All Folks!

And that's all for this week. Thanks for reading - catch it again in a fortnight. As always, questions or comments are welcomed - send them along to jamesbfudge@gmail.com - James Fudge

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