Indy Game Developers

Introversion Software
"The Last of the Bedroom Programmers." Our personal heroes, I think, and a great case study for a startup game company. They consistently take a smart, simple game concept and execute it well, without unnecessary overhead.
Shrapnel Games
Creators of "Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space." A totally sweet game.
Alec Rivers
This guy does some very cool stuff. His 2D 'Physical' engine really had us interested but in ended up not being the most practical way to handle our game.
Ferry Halim: Orisinal
Visit here to find some beautiful, stylistically consistent games. A few great ideas, and gorgeous illustration.
Foon: Farcade
These 'Hapland' games are some of the most interesting uses of Flash I've seen—and great fun to boot!
Outerlight
Makers of "The Ship," a very interesting Steam-distributed PC Game.