Mikengreg just returned safely from IndieCade to the gray plains of Iowa and we couldn’t be happier. It’s Mike’s birthday [wish him well on twitter] today and we’re both charged full of IndieCade. Countless memories, so many new-old friends, it was an unbelievable gathering of intimate and heartfelt personalities that we will never forget. We love you all.

Mike was so happy he dusted off his stripping skills for you all.

While I was considering on writing more of a reflective post on how this has transformed my life, I think right now there’s simply too much to talk about and the message would get lost. For now, here are some videos that capture a little bit of the tone of our experience.

Also check out my flickr set for all of the [crappy] pictures I took during the festival.

IndieCade Videos

Cactus makes for great couch play. ;) Here’s part 2 [much longer at 9+ min.]

Zach and Steph battle it out. Check out Unify

She doesn’t just write adventure games, she lives them!

Not to brag or anything but we slept together. :P

In a lapse of judgement Daniel gives up his trade secret: brain damage.

This kept going on with MarioKart and glitch art. Very cool.

Anyway, for the IndieCade dealio we’ll be in LA for the entire thing, October 1st – 5th. Mike and I are doing a “salon” of some sort on Friday morning. They tell us we don’t need a cosmetology license or anything like that so I think it’s just us talking. Come and see to find out!

Also, the folks over at IndieCade wanted us to record a little video interview. We didn’t really know what to do but when we were recording my Mom called and saved the day by asking us some hard-hitting questions. Diane Sawyer is one of her idols and I think her influences really shine through in this revealing exposé. Watch it after the jump.

By the way, if you haven’t played either of these games, you can check them out here:

• Play Fig. 8
• Play Gray

As far as we know, we’ll have a booth/setup at Indiecade with Gray playable at one of our laptops or something and we’ll be there throughout the festival talking with anyone who wants to. For the Eurogamer Expo, we will not be there as we could barely afford the trip to LA, flying across an ocean is a bit out of budget for us. But… if you’re in that neck of the woods there should be an automated version of Fig. 8 at a booth somewhere that you can play. Perhaps they will have some sort of notebook that you can draw in. No guarantees!

Anyway, we’re a bit floored that these little games have garnered so much attention from these shows/festivals and we couldn’t be more proud of our little guys. They grow up so fast! If you have a chance to make it out to IndieCade, don’t hesitate to say hi, we’ve never been to LA so we’ll probably be bored/clueless otherwise.