[neonfunk]

"he was ready to submit The Impossible Game ... to the Xbox Indie marketplace ... Unlike Apple's App Store, this outlet has no corporate gatekeeper - the games are reviewed and rated by the community."

Is that true -- that there's no editorial control of indie games on the Xbox marketplace (except by the "community")? Edit: impressive!

[chipsy]

Yep. The community has a self-moderation system to do stability testing and maturity rating, but otherwise any quality of game may be allowed in.

It brings an incongruous look to the XBox UI when one goes to the indie games section and the promotional art changes from lavish illustrations to crude MSPaint-esque icons.