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		<title>Trial Impressions: 16 September 2009</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Trial Impressions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2GoVids Rachel Star Stunt Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bailout!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bust a Wall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Cat's Hot Air Balloon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Coins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electron Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enemy at the Gate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gitigiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graviton AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GREEN ISLAND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hollow Ball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypnotizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulsar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Headsman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventeen(!) new games released over the last seven days. Note: These impressions are based off 8 minutes of gameplay and are not an accurate assessment of the full product. Gitigiti &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Strategy &#038; Simulation &#8211; Download Strange game where you have to breed slimes. It seems incredibly complex and it is not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seventeen(!) new games released over the last seven days.</p>
<p><strong>Note: These impressions are based off 8 minutes of gameplay and are not an accurate assessment of the full product.</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/013.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Gitigiti &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Strategy &#038; Simulation &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e3">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Strange game where you have to breed slimes. It seems incredibly complex and it is not particularly fun.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/023.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Bust a Wall &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Classics &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e4">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Competent Breakout clone, but there a better ones on XBLIGs.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/033.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Warfare Soundboard &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Other &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e5">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Various warfare sounds that you can play when you want. Why would anyone want this?</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/043.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Electron Defense &#8211; 240 points &#8211; Strategy &#038; Simulation &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e6">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Very polished tower defence game but there are quite a few on the service now.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/052.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Bailout! &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Classics &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e7">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Terrible game where you must dodge falling stockbrokers and avoid homeless people. It plays worse than the atari E.T. game.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/062.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Pulsar &#8211; 240 points &#8211; Music &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e8">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Music game which plays notes based on which squares you mark. I couldn&#8217;t create anything decent.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/072.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />GREEN ISLAND &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Platformer &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502e9">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Nice little Japanese puzzle platforming game. You use your gun to make platforms to collect all the balloons.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/082.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Enemy at the Gate &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Action &#038; Adventure &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502ea">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>You control three vehicles which are color coded to match the face buttons on the controller. You must then position them using those buttons to destroy similar colored enemies. Not bad.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/092.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Filler &#8211; 240 points &#8211; Action &#038; Adventure &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502eb">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Hold A to make big balls whilst avoiding the red balls. Could be fun with a bit more work and polish.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/10.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Charlie Cat&#8217;s Hot Air Balloon &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Racing &#038; Flying &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502ec">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Horizontal shooter aimed at a younger audience. The shooting mechanics a enough to put them off the genre though with poor collision detection.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/11.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Words Search &#8211; 240 points &#8211; Educational &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502ed">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Word Search game. Not particularly well presented and nowhere near as fun as Word Soup.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/12.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />The Headsman &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Music &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502ee">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Chop off heads and try to make them fall into the scrolling buckets below whilst a music video plays in the background. Not fun.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/13.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Crazy Coins &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Other &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502ef">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Control two piggy banks, one with either analogue stick, to catch money coming out an ATM. Pretty poor.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/14.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Graviton AI &#8211; 240 points &#8211; Shooter &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502f0">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>It claims it is &#8216;the thinking-man&#8217;s shooter&#8217; but all this equates to is some complicated bars on the HUD that distract you from just shooting things.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/15.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Hollow Ball &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Classics &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502f1">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Pretty nice Pong clone but the lack of any one player option kills it.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/16.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />2GoVids Rachel Star Stunt Show &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Other &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502f2">Download</a></strong></p>
<p>Some mini-games apparently involving some girl. I have no idea what they are like as you can&#8217;t play them in the trial and I&#8217;m disappointed the girl isn&#8217;t the Rachel Starr I&#8217;ve heard of.</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1715" title="01" src="http://www.indiegameblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/17.jpg" alt="01" width="85" height="102" />Hypnotizing &#8211; 80 points &#8211; Other &#8211; <a href="http://marketplace.xbox.com/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802585502f3">Download</a></strong><br />
You can&#8217;t do anything in the trial but I assume this is just a rotating swirl.</p>
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