Homebrew games are user-programmed and home-developed games produced by consumers on video game platforms that are not typically user-programmable. There's a whole slew of homebrew coders and developers for platforms such as the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS, and now it seems like the homebrew community is extending its hardware borders to include the Apple iPod.

There is now a project being undergone by a few resourceful coders that means to document any reverse engineering of the iPod game packages (.ipgs) that function with the Apple written iPod OS. The project's ultimate goal is to enable people to make their own games for the iPod.

This is very good news for iPod consumers who want to have more and more games available to them, although the budding iPod homebrew scene may be risking the wrath of Apple. The people behind the iPod homebrew project are very up-front about their goal, though. They're not out to crack and pirate existing iPod games, they're just trying to give coders and consumers more choices when it comes to gaming.

We'll keep an eye out on this very interesting project, and we'll definitely post updates about it as soon as they surface.