AFTER THE ENTRIES were submitted at the Pinoy Indie Games Competition, Intel Philippines marketing manager Jerome Matti walks around to the different teams and looks over the games. INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla also tries out some of the games herself.

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First clip of Tapalla playing one of the games taken by Game Developers Association of the Philippines president Gabby Dizon and second video taken by Aaron Alvaran at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto on February 3.

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AFTER A TIRING 48-hour game development marathon, some of the participants at the Pinoy Indie Games Competition share how they feel about the unique experience.

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Organized by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines and Intel Philippines, the Pinoy Indie Games Competition was held from February 1 to 3.

Video taken by INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto on February 3.

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INQUIRER.NET multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla interviews Game Developers Association of the Philippines president Gabby Dizon and Intel Philippines marketing manager Jerome Matti an hour before the deadline of the 48-hour marathon Pinoy Indie Games Competition held from February 1 to 3.

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Video taken by INQUIRER.net gaming reporter Relly Carpio at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto on February 3, 2008.

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By Relly Carpio
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IN 48 HOURS, they made the seemingly impossible, playable.

The teams that participated in the recently concluded Pinoy Indie Games Competition came up with games that “amazed” the judges. Overcoming fatigue, sleep deprivation, disobedient randomization, convoluted code, mal-rasterized pixels and, in one case, the laws of physics, the participants submitted their final designs to the organizers.

In his closing speech, Gabby Dizon, president of the Game Developers Association of the Philippines. said, “We are very happy. We are amazed with what we’ve seen. What we’ve seen in the quality of the work — ang galing! Some people here are even college freshmen, or fresh out of college or hobbyists and we really like the games that we’ve seen. So hopefully we will have more of these events to give the community a chance to express themselves and their creativity.”

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IT was the first day of the 48-hour marathon Pinoy Indie Games Competition that’s being held from February 1 to 3, and INQUIRER.net multimedia reporter Erika Tapalla was going around interviewing some of the participating teams.

Meet some of the teams:

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Video taken on February 1, 2008 at the i-Hooked Internet cafe in Recto.

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