World of Goo named ‘Indie Game of 2008′

GameTunnel has just published its seventh annual Top 10 indie games of the year, and the list is a curious one not only for what it includes but what it doesn’t.

The groundbreaking Everyday Shooter is here, despite a 2007 release date. I’m particularly drawn to Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! (exclamation point part of the title), which somehow I missed originally. And the much-loved World of Goo comes in at number one.

The greatest thing about World of Goo is that it lives up to the hype. It is a game that stuns everyone who plays it. It transports, it awakes, it transcends. And it does it without any pretense or intent to be more than what it is. The game doesn’t care what you think. It’s just a game. But, among the thousands of ‘just a game’ titles that come out each year, World of Goo is one of the very best.

But say the words “indie,” “game” and “2008″ to the average gamer and 9 out of 10 of them will instinctively utter “Braid” – a game which is conspicuously absent from the list.