By | August 08 2012 1:47 PM

As the recent success of "Minecraft" demonstrates, the indie game scene is thriving while industry giants from the AAA studio THQ to the social game titan Zynga struggle to make ends meet. While independant developers are noted for their ability to temper production costs by keeping smaller staffs and more managable overhead for their productions, many indie games are also critically lauded for offering players more relatably human stories than the next "Call of Duty."