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Legacy
Platform: Flash —  If you're younger than a certain age, you've probably never thought, "Wouldn't it be great if I could take part in my favorite radio dramas?" But the advent of podcasting has borne a renewed interest in all sorts of languishing radio formats, including radio drama (or "TV without pictures"). It's true, really! Now BBC and Radio Scotland bring us an interesting experiment in combining the audial thrills of radio drama with the interactivity of online gaming. Legacy is a sound-heavy adventure game, telling a tale of secrets, cryptic clues, and underground vaults. Tagged as: adventure, audio, bbc, browser, experiment, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, narrative, rating-g
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Blockage
Platform: Flash — 
We all learn as toddlers that square pegs won't fit into round holes. You can pound your tiny fist all you want on top of your Fisher-Price playset, it just isn't going to work. Now Blockage, a brain-teasing puzzlefrom Guillhermo v.S. Heldt., has come along to teach us another important lesson: red blocks won't fill green squares. Also, sometimes teleportation is necessary. Very, very important life lessons. Tagged as: browser, flash, free, game, gvsheldt, macwinlinux, puzzle, rating-g
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Akarimado
Platform: Flash — 
Akarimado brings nothing new to the room escape genre; you're locked in a one-view room (with an unlockable side room that's also one-view), and you have to solve many and various puzzles to get out. Although this particular dish of room escape contains few if any unfamiliar ingredients, there's not much to complain about; we enjoy these particular ingredients and we know it. It's a very satisfying journey all in all, and one that should not be missed. Tagged as: browser, escape, flash, free, game, japanese, macwinlinux, petithima, pointandclick, puzzle, rating-g, yanokimi
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Symon
Platform: Flash — 
What's in a dream anyway? This experimental prototype from Gambit is an attempt at introducing replayability into the point-and-click genre with procedurally generated content, but it's also a surprisingly intriguing exploration into memory, dreams, and logic. As a bedridden hospital patient, Symon's only means of interacting with his family is through the fragmented dreams he has. Can you help him solve the perplexing riddles his subconscious offers up? Tagged as: adventure, browser, experiment, flash, free, gambit, game, macwinlinux, pointandclick, rating-g, zzzgames
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Platform: Flash — 
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 has taken such a huge jump up from the first two games that it seems like a whole new series. Where the previous RPGs focused almost entirely on the turnbased "battle" portion of the title, kupo707's latest effort remembers the "epic" part--provided you're okay with a definition of epic that includes kitten slaying, shark battering rams, cow outfits, the shoop-da-woop face, and copious amounts of Comic Sans. Tagged as: action, browser, epic, flash, free, game, kupo707, macwinlinux, minigame, rating-o, rpg, turnbased
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Gunbot
Platform: Flash — 
Gunbot is a platformer/shooter from Berzerk Studio where you'll do the usual robot stuff, like collecting stars and shooting dinosaurs. As you take down enemies you'll get experience to level up with, and you'll gain skills like double jump or firebomb. Your foes also drop money which you'll use to buy guns. Gunbot has pretty much everything you could ask for. It's funny, the difficulty increases smoothly and the gameplay is fun. Tagged as: berzerkstudio, browser, flash, free, game, macwinlinux, platform, rating-y, shooter, upgrades, western
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Lost Head
Platform: Flash — 
Sometimes a game so weird and charming comes along that, despite its flaws, you have to enjoy it. Lost Head by Garbuz Games is one of those games. This short and simple physics puzzler won't change the world, but it might make you smile with its absurd characters and presentation. It seems that our titular hero has become detached from his friends by an evil hand. Luckily a glove waits for him in each level, ready to be his new body. The trick is getting there. Tagged as: browser, flash, free, game, garbuzgames, losthead, macwinlinux, physics, puzzle, rating-g
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Sieger
Platform: Flash — 
Ah, destruction. Who doesn't love it and the multitudes of games devoted to it. But, you know what they say about too much of a good thing and moderation. My point is that sometimes you need to destroy with a little restraint. That's the take-away lesson in Warspark's latest, the demolition physics puzzler, Sieger. Tagged as: browser, flash, free, game, leveleditor, macwinlinux, physics, puzzle, rating-y, skill, warspark
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Mobile Monday
Platform: Mobile (iOS) —  Games featured this week: Minim; So Long, Oregon!; Dark Nebula 2; Mishap: An Accidental Haunting —
You know that feeling you get when you play one game for a really long time and it's kinda weird playing another game for a change? I did that with Dark Nebula 2. Couldn't help it, it's a trap of addictiveness. Careful! Tagged as: blog, iphone, itunes, mobile, mobile-monday
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Academagia: The Making of Mages
Platform: Download (Windows) — 
The road to magical greatness is difficult, littered with dragons, enchantments, adventure... not to mention test scores, rival students, detentions, and trying to keep your ghostly familiar in check. This incredibly ambitious text adventure from Black Chicken Studios is one part life simulator, one part fantasy RPG, and a whole lot of fun if you have the patience to let yourself become immersed in the tale of the making of the greatest mage of all time... you. Tagged as: blackchickenstudios, download, fantasy, game, indie, interactivefiction, narrative, rating-y, rpg, sim, text, windows
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Youda Survivor
Platform: Download (Windows) — 
Out of the capable hands of Youda Games comes a time management game that will have you hooked for days on in. Youda Survivor combines some of the best elements from Youda Games' previous efforts with some stylistic influences from games like Farm Frenzy. Not only are you gathering items and converting them to better products, you're also boiling them into new and exciting potions to make you look more impressive in the eyes of the island chief! Tagged as: affiliate, demo, download, game, rating-g, timemanagement, windows, youda
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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - The City That Dares Not Sleep
Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) — 
Sam and Max cap off the final episode of their new season of adventure games with The City That Dares Not Sleep. Tagged as: adventure, demo, download, episodic, game, indie, macwin, rating-y, samandmax, telltalegames
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GabCab
Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) — 
From the experienced casual game forces of Reflexive Entertainment (Simplz: Zoo) and Anawiki (Soccer Cup Solitaire) comes GabCab, a way-too-cute time management game starring the big-eyed taxi cab, Gabby. People need to get to where they want to go, and seeing as how you seem to be the best (and only) taxi in town, it's your job to drive them there! Answer the call of the customers and take them to their destinations, picking up tips along the way to spend in the game's well-stocked upgrade store. Tagged as: affiliate, anawiki, demo, download, game, macwin, rating-g, reflexive, timemanagement
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Weekend Download
Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) —  Games featured this week: MADRIS; Infinity Bit; Tales of Unspoken World; Under the Garden —
A Game By Its Cover competition has ended, all the votes are in, and the games are ready to play! The competition asked artists to craft cover art for imaginary games, then the programmers stepped in and made games based on the art. We've already featured a few of the contenders in the competition (Cat Poke, 8:Capsule, Dot Order Tie, and Love Letter), so below we'll highlight a few other favorites from the competition. Tagged as: blog, download, macwin, weekenddownload
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Drawn: Dark Flight
Platform: Download (Mac, Windows) — 
Drawn: Dark Flight is the direct sequel to last year's hidden object/adventure hybrid Drawn: The Painted Tower, and it spins another intricate tale of dark mystery and intrigue. It pulls you in with a delicious atmosphere crafted by sublime visuals and strong storytelling, and its adventure-centric gameplay builds upon that by getting you to think about the environment, the items you find, and the puzzles in front of you. It's easily one of the best casual adventure games ever released. Tagged as: adventure, affiliate, bigfish, demo, download, game, hiddenobject, hybrid, macwin, rating-y
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