We believe that the role of a festival – especially an independent games festival — is to provide a place to screen and discuss juried games. For a festival to maintain its integrity it must implement a rigorous review process, appoint qualified jurors, and then it must trust those jurors and honor their decisions. We do not plan to court controversy, nor do we plan to avoid it. What we will do is make selections of the featured works based on the effectiveness of their content, the quality and innovation of their design, and the craft of their implementation.