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Check the game out, it's FREEWARE!<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>22 Nov 2006 01:11:27</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Toblo</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/toblo/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/0/015a382c248ef0eb7120740e72685a2e_sq.png" title="Toblo Image" /> Toblo is a free, fast-paced capture the flag game that has two teams using the world as weaponry, throwing bombs, and generally destroying things. During the course of a Toblo capture the flag match, the structures in the wild and wacky world full of colorful blocks are reduced to block rubble.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>14 Dec 2006 06:41:34</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Hakaiman</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/hakaiman/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/e/e1096afae3f436de19535ca3b9a38b54_sq.png" title="Hakaiman Image" /> Hakaiman is a top-down action stealth game. You control a commando who on each single-screen map have to complete various objectives, usualyl while killing a large number of enemies all on your own.<br />
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You control your character with the arrow keys. Shift is the general action button, which will fire your gun if you have it armed, and punch otherwise, and perform actions if you are in front of something upon which an action can be performed, such as a key (grab) or a team mate (follow/stop). Z is reload if you have your gun out, and grenade throwing otherwise. X changes your weapon.<br />
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The whole game is in Japanese, and there's no English translation, it should be reasonably clear what you need to do, otherwise just running around trying out things usually works.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>15 Dec 2006 04:02:18</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Alphasix</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/alphasix/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c1393018dfc03ab43d26bf6ddd1e357e_sq.jpg" title="Alphasix Image" /> Alphasix is a 1 vs. 1 overhead shooter. It was made in Game Maker by RinkuHero and Orchard-L, and released on August 20th, 2006.<br />
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The game is a hybrid of several genres, it's best described as a mix of Street Fighter II, Shoot the Bullet, Spy vs. Spy, and Smash TV.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>17 Dec 2006 09:09:43</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Ocular Ink</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ocularink/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c98cda0c1f0033364c9afb96be436f4c_sq.png" title="Ocular Ink Image" /> In a strange and twisted land where evil dismembered body parts roam the countryside, you play the role of a young paintbrush-wielding eyeball that is determined to free his home town from the fearsome clutches of the evil eye-pirate known far and wide as Patches Deadlights.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>17 Dec 2006 12:57:28</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Kleptocracy!</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/kleptocracy/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/5/536cabd1389333531be24d146835378d_sq.jpg" title="Kleptocracy! Image" /> In Kleptocracy! you play as a thief involved in a competition with his peers to determine who the best thief in town is. A tournament has been arranged for the thieves to all enter the local acclaimed museum and obtain as many items as possible within the time limit. They will have to evade the many patrolling guards as well as the intricate security system. Luckily they're armed with several gadgets to help.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>19 Dec 2006 07:12:21</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Liero</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/liero/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/2/2b8a1214696fa561ecaad3a0ce2a2db3_sq.png" title="Liero Image" /> Liero battle game between two worms armed with heavy weapons of all kinds. It is capable of both single player action against the computer or against a friend in a hot seat game. The game was created in 1999 but still has a strong following by dedicated fans.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>22 Dec 2006 03:57:10</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Digger</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/digger/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/7/71e16be58c1cb1dc63e0d3e054155871_sq.jpg" title="Digger Image" /> Digger was released by Windmill Software in 1983, popular in the era of the IBM PC with a CGA graphics card and monitor. Digger was resurrected by Andrew Jenner in 1998, when he reverse engineered it to run using VGA on fast Pentium based computers. The source code of the remastered version was released under the GPL with permission of the original author Rob Sleath.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>24 Dec 2006 02:53:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Invalid Tangram</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/invalidtangram/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/f702db889ed9dec1f348b6dd7a7979da_sq.png" title="Invalid Tangram Image" /> In Invalid Tangram you control a small ship shooting down alien crafts. When you shoot down an alien it will turn into a coloured block and fall down. Getting the blocks grouped and then absorbing them will give you a temporary boost of some sort, depending on the colour of the blocks.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>26 Dec 2006 06:27:59</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Toy Robo</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/toy-robo/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/cdc284e73f23deb2583a4f9283f8b597_sq.jpg" title="Toy Robo Image" /> <strong>Please try it and then let me know what you think</strong> :)<br />
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Toy Robo is an Action-Adventure Shooter that requires quick hands and engaging strategy.  You play as Toy Robo, a robot action figure on the side of good.  Your goal is to rid the world of evil toys which appear only at night.  You will do this in Arena style combat using your Blaster and Energy sword.  To help you along your way, you can equip several types of batteries, each with different combat effects and <br />
bonuses.<br />
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This game was developed as an entry to the gamedev.net 4e4 contest which required that it encorporate at least 2 of the following four elements (elements of which ALL games are apparently made of): pirates, ninjas, robots and zombies.<br />
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I opted for robots and zombies because robots are easy to model and zombies are easy to animate ^_^<br />
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The contest had a 6 month time limit, so I wanted to make sure I didn't bite off more then I could chew.  In the end I came in 2nd out of at least 20 - the 1st place finisher was developed by 5 people!  so even though I didn't win I felt like the game did very well and the process was rewarding.<br />
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Belowe are a few screen shots and the game download.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>23 Jan 2007 10:40:46</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Zero's Impossible Fortress</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/zero/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/a/a53b4fd6c9453471e0edcb8914494844_sq.png" title="Zero's Impossible Fortress Image" /> For years Emperor Zero the terrible has been trying to snatch the fair maiden. But everytime, the hero has foiled his plans by traversing his elaboratly designed, but not impossible, fortresses and jumping on his head- thus saving the fair maiden.<br />
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But not this time. Zero has had it. The hero has foiled his plans for the LAST time. This time, he's just going to neglect to add the platforms to his carefuly designed fortress and watch as the hero haplessly falls into the pit over and over until it's game over- on the first level!<br />
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Unfortunatley for Zero, this is the perfect time for Mega Platforms Inc(tm) to provide their brand new platform-express service- for heroes on the go!<br />
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Quick, hero, utilize the platform-express service to get to Zero's lair, jump on his head, and save the fair maiden!<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>28 Jan 2007 01:02:34</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Ikaponga</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ikaponga/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/6/6a909326c7530c04497e746f50b5268b_sq.png" title="Ikaponga Image" /> An amalgamation of Atari's Pong and Treasure's <a href="http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ikaruga" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ikaruga</a> gameplay elements.<br />
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Basic version 1 available. Improved version 2 coming once I finish my current project and get my head around a new development environment.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>02 Feb 2007 09:15:32</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Blocksum</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/blocksum/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/2/29f4295b39b57073f434f8b5b57e638c_sq.png" title="Blocksum Image" /> Blocksum is a very new typed action puzzle game. For everyone who can add numbers to 20.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>08 Feb 2007 07:04:52</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Invisible Vision</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/invisiblevision/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/f0c300515484b7fd963d3a0f29f132a4_sq.jpg" title="Invisible Vision Image" /> In Invisible Vision you control a submarine trying to gun down other submarines with your torpedoes while avoiding enemy torpedoes and mines. Rather than trying to replicate some sort of realistic water, Invisible Vision is almost abstract in its display, showing submarines, mines and ripples in the water as wireframes only.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>06 Feb 2007 10:43:15</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Shopper Rush</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/shopperrush/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/9/94f507128e456e56023179cc9c6207bf_sq.png" title="Shopper Rush Image" /> You desperately want the new hot gadget and you're ready to do whatever it takes to get it. However, you share the same thought with over a thousand other people!<br />
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Shopper Rush is a 2D game in where you control a single character in a sea of AI players. Some levels will throw over 1200 AI players at you at the same time and your job is to get from one side of the shopping mall to the other, and be one of the 30 first customers in order to get your long-awaited gadget.<br />
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You also have a couple of tricks in order to get there before everyone else does. You can bump into people so they'll fall, you can push tables and other objects in their way, sprint past them or even spin around and make everyone around you fall. Great if you're stuck somewhere!<br />
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The basic game mechanics are based on group behavior and flow dynamics. For example; If 100 people are rushing to the stairs, chances are that it will clog up and you're probably better of taking the slightly longer route around it.<br />
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The game is a 5 week project at the University Of Sk&Atilde;&para;vde and deadline for the game is February the 16:th. It is also participating in the Swedish Game Awards.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>08 Feb 2007 04:55:54</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Monochrome</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/monochrome/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/5/5ab2935b2819887839cb6fc443e65d54_sq.jpg" title="Monochrome Image" /> Monochrome is a top-down multiplayer game inspired by Tank Wars, Soldat and Crimsonlands. Players face off against each other in free-for-all mayhem. Gameplay is fast and furious with room for skill and tactical play, given the right group of players.<br />
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The game links size directly to health: If you're healthy you're big and easy to hit; If you're low on health you're tiny and can squeeze through narrow areas to get out of danger.<br />
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There are 5 weapons, each following a specific elemental theme, with a primary and secondary attack mode per weapon. They're designed to compliment each other and enable specific playstyles: A close-quarters fighter is going to enjoy the Flamer's high damage output and it's secondary ability to lay down globs of napalm to herd players and keep them from running away; Whereas a more timid player might prefer to stick to the Earth weapon's bouncing projectiles and grenades...<br />
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WASD + Spacebar to leap, mouse-aiming with LMB and RMB to fire.<br />
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Updated for Vista compatibilty. Please report any further bugs or issues...<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>09 Feb 2007 09:11:13</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>1213</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/1213/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/2/26e9fb5de98a72473003b5924dc0cdb9_sq.gif" title="1213 Image" /> A man lies in a darkened cell, consumed by pain and sickness. He does not know where he is. He does not know how he came to be there. He does not even know his own name. All he knows is that he is being tortured by a bizarre, bespectacled man, who addresses him only as a number - Twelve-Thirteen.<br />
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Every day, Twelve-Thirteen is taken out of his cell and goaded into running a dangerous hazard course, apparently for the sole amusement of the bespectacled man. Today seems to be no different. But while Twelve-Thirteen sits brooding in his darkened prison, the door suddenly falls open with no apparent cause. To discover the answers to all of his questions, Twelve-Thirteen must adventure into the unknown world beyond the cell...<br />
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It plays as an adventure game with a light mix of action thrown in. The health system is an interesting take on a typically HP-saturated market: as you take damage, the beating heart in the corner pumps faster, threatening death, and adding to the atmosphere. With a gripping storyline that far exceeds its meager graphical offerings, you'll find yourself entirely immersed in a game that alternates between terror, confusion, and an overarching ending that will haunt you.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>10 Feb 2007 01:18:25</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Ichor</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ichor/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c093aa1a6aad1215c5b302f09003e58b_sq.png" title="Ichor Image" /> Ichor is an action game based in fluid dynamics. Each player floats around the screen, trying to engulf his opponent with his own color.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>11 Feb 2007 08:48:06</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Dyadin</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/dyadin/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/7/7e3db04b421d0454e3b9b4ef5536c5da_sq.gif" title="Dyadin Image" /> Within the depths of space and time, two planets converge upon one another unexpectedly, throwing the laws of physics into chaotic motion. As the planets slip faster and faster towards one another, a violent phenomenon takes place. The worlds collide, but with such force and magnitude that both planets fuse with one another, creating a unique and strange place.<br />
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We find our characters trapped amongst the chaos, struggling to figure out the new laws of their once beloved home. For the first time, they discover each other's presence. They are in awe. As they become more familiar with their surroundings, they find they have the power to affect their environment based on their proximity and color. With these newly discovered powers, they set out to uncover the source of this destruction and hopefully the means to restore peace and order to their lives and home.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>12 Feb 2007 08:15:49</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Sonic Invaders</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/sonicinvaders/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/b/b15f56a8b5718de26e18750ba4118c04_sq.gif" title="Sonic Invaders Image" /> <div class="user_quote"><blockquote class="user_quote">In the beginning of the 22nd century alien invaders attacked the earth, but they were not as we imagined. The most effective way of defense was by using sonic pulses. Defensive turrets were placed on the surface of the earth to counter their attack.<br />
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The war was lost, but this is the story of that war.</blockquote></div><div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>13 Feb 2007 04:40:27</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Scorched 3D</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/scorched3d/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/a/a0c73d53a4e7a5a3f1840dc3c974f87a_sq.jpg" title="Scorched 3D Image" /> Scorched 3D is a game based on the classic DOS game <a href="/game/scorchedearth" class="game_link">Scorched Earth</a>. Scorched 3D adds amongst other new features a 3D island environment and LAN and internet play. <br />
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The gameplay remains much like in the original game. Aiming towards a certain opponent is earily done with the A button, and after that the aiming with angle and power is exactly as in Scorched Earth. However, some weapons will react differently when landing due to the three dimensional terrain.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>13 Feb 2007 01:38:57</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Acidbomb</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/acidbomb/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/1/154f7a15146b8dc0b75901abc8753ab7_sq.png" title="Acidbomb Image" /> Acidbomb is a fifty level puzzle game where you must find the pistons used to trigger a bomb and defuse them before time runs out. There are many bombs scattered around the world, from biological bombs that have hair-sensitive triggers to napalm bombs that are exploding at the seams, to nuclear warheads that have challenged even the highest trained bomb defusal agent.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>22 Feb 2007 07:56:20</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Zatacka</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/zatacka/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/d/d6bac3e9c495605a0faabf038f58c782_sq.png" title="Zatacka Image" /> Zatacka, also known as Achtung, die Kurve!, is a freeware, multiplayer DOS computer game that supports from two-player up to six-player gaming.<br />
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The game bears some resemblance to the game Snake, though in Zatacka the main goal is to make your opponent hit the wall, his kurve or your kurve. As a result, the game resembles closely to the famous Light Cycle of the 1982 movie Tron. You control the kurve by only two buttons: one makes the snake turn left; the other, right. Although the game has primitive graphics, the gameplay is considered very good and the game is loved by many fans worldwide. <br />
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There's a strategic and tactical depth that goes unmatched in the small-games-to-play-on-a-break gaming world. Even though the simplicity is striking (anyone can play it) there are an infinite amount of tactics that can be applied in this game. <br />
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It takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master! Be warned though - it's addicting!<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>23 Feb 2007 01:06:02</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Stick Online</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/StickOnline/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/ffdd6ce095f31109ba8fdde4cbe791cf_sq.png" title="Stick Online Image" /> Stick Online is a free MMORPG platformer game that takes place in a huge and seamless 2D world. Players gain levels, equipment, weapons, and skills in order to fight enemies, as well as other players.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>26 Feb 2007 04:26:09</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>The Legion</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/legion/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/8/828988ae5f343bbe43419a6dd7dd39ef_sq.jpg" title="The Legion Image" /> In this intense action game, you must wage war against the demonic legion, who reproduce tons of pedes(foot soldiers)through generators to keep you from advancing. Fortunately, you'll have plenty of firepower since you can choose between nine weapons, use tanks and machine guns, and absorb the souls of fallen foes to fire right back at the legion with your soul bomb. You can also team up with a friend, and a level editor is included so you can design your own custom maps or change any of mine.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>27 Feb 2007 01:21:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Natto-Cat</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/natto-cat/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/a/a2a39c22e32d2cfd71d34e06741c607a_sq.jpg" title="Natto-Cat Image" /> Natto-Cat is a unique, cute but violent Boulderdash style arcade game.  You play as cyborg cat RB51, exploring underground caves and collecting cat snacks.  <br />
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Dangers include falling dried plums and walking, exploding bowls of custard.  Furthermore, some cat snacks have been force-fed to cave rabbits, who also explode!  And keep an eye out for expanding green peas, which can quickly fill a cave or block the exit...<br />
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When enemies explode, blood (or custard) splatters on nearby objects... so the game is a bit violent.<br />
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A cave editor is also included so you can make your own caves.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>05 Mar 2007 07:19:28</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>UFO Panic!</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ufopanic/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/6/690b13b26b21c1ef1bf078c2ba16a186_sq.png" title="UFO Panic! Image" /> UFO Panic! is a simple and fun arcade game, where you abduct aliens with your flying saucer, while avoiding and destroying the alien defences. Game control is simple and can be picked up in moments.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>06 Mar 2007 02:48:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Gesundheit!</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/gesundheit/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/a/ae562db0d86bcc2ac27223edafd7b458_sq.jpg" title="Gesundheit! Image" /> Help an allergic pig save a city from snot-eating monsters using a clever combination of brains and boogers. <br />
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While keeping out of sight, you must lure your enemies through each single-screen level with your delicious nasal discharges. Objects scattered around town provide your pig with different ways of solving each puzzle. Control is simple and intuitive, requiring only a two-button mouse.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>13 Mar 2007 12:32:37</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Mars Miner</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/MarsMiner/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/3/3b636c0743a9fd53a64f640f671c4e61_sq.jpg" title="Mars Miner Image" /> Have you ever dreamed to play Bomberman-like game with modern graphics and sound? Now you have a chance to do it with Mars Miner - a game that has all qualities of a classic time proved gameplay on a completely new level!<br />
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The hero finds himself on Mars. Now his primary objective is to stay alive and find his way back to Earth through an abandoned Martian mine and a laboratory. A variety of hideous and crafty monsters are lurking on the way. Each of them is extremely dangerous, but when they hunt together, they are a real hazard, owing to the unique AI.<br />
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Players who like dynamic games will enjoy playing Mars Miner. The game will be interesting to all categories of players, from beginners to experienced arcade players. Superior graphics together with excellent music background create a fascinating atmosphere. You'll want to get immersed in this world again and again.<br />
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An excellent Story mode and an almost unlimited Survival won't let you get bored!<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>17 Mar 2007 02:29:05</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Galanz</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/galanz/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c1ae09b13ef1588f18eca5767f6a4303_sq.png" title="Galanz Image" /> Galanz is a project I've been brainstorming over for quite some time now, it involves a Space Mercenary who is drawn to a planet by a disturbing message that has reached him (sound familiar?). Once he arrives, he sees that all traces of the natives have disapeared, the only things that inhabit the planet are strange monsters and the Robots created by the Natives. Galanz (The Main character in the game) goes out searching for any survivors, or clues to what has happened. Using his weaponry and his Psychic Abilities, he traverses the planet in order to discover just what is going on.<br />
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Influences are highly based on classics such as Metroid, Turrican, and the Andro-Synth sub-plot present in Star Control 2/Ur-Quan Masters. <br />
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The goal of the game is to basically find out what's going on. The &quot;Galious&quot; style gameplay is a reference to Knightmare 2: Maze of Galious, which was one of THE first Side Scrolling RPGs, complete with leveling and such. Of course, I'd like to go a little bit into more detail with this than what Galious did. <br />
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Since it's set to be like a NES game, there will be a restriction on the total buttons able to use, the current format it (in NES Controller format):<br />
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A - Shoot<br />
B - Jump<br />
Directional Pad - Move Left and Right, Aim Up and Down.<br />
Start - Main Menu<br />
Select - Use Psychic Ability<br />
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Psychic abilities won't be the usual &quot;Fire Firebolt for X amount of P.P&quot; but instead will be closer to actually changing the environment.<br />
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Can't jump over a huge wall? Flip gravity around. Can't toggle a switch? Go into E.S.P mode and flip it using your abilities. Oh snap, need to get the password, and the guy who might of had it is dead? Do a Mind Search on him, and find out his memories shortly before he met the wrong end of your gun.<br />
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This is the sorta thing I'm aiming for with this, not extremely complicated (mind sceens could just be cutsceens, and gravity for an object can easily be reversed), but fun and useful enough to warrant use.<br />
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However, I don't believe I can do this all by my own. As a Sprite/Traditional Artist or Designer, I will not be able to produce content fast enough alone, and coding is far from my strongest point. These are the current possistions available, if anyone is interested in helping out with this project, please PM me. Thanks for reading :D.<br />
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Needed!<br />
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Programmer - Average to Skilled Ability: Needs to be able to use Game Maker 6 or such, or another structure of coding that is compatible with Windows.<br />
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Music Composer - Average to Skilled ability: Needs to be able to produce catchy tunes that are not 10 second loops in the style of the NES chiptunes.<br />
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Sound Effects Engineer- Any skill level: Needs to be able to produce NES style sound effects (The Woosh Woosh noises and such).<br />
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I'll update this whenever I can, till then, see you later :D.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>21 Mar 2007 05:50:21</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Secret Agent Joe 5</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/saj5/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/f6c681626be18b409913e0f66b0b3099_sq.jpg" title="Secret Agent Joe 5 Image" /> This thrilling (if short) platform action game stars Secret Agent Joe (SAJ) and friends. After selecting a character, you must clear Dr. Victor Rowanskier's robots from 12 levels of platform gaming fun! Each level is unique, and backgrounds are varied. Unfortunately, the file size is large. I'm sorry! Please provide feedback (positive or negative) on how to improve!<br />
Note: To Level Skip press F12<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>22 Mar 2007 08:49:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Opera Slinger</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/operaslinger/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/1/185de23dc30b41753db7b50126440896_sq.jpg" title="Opera Slinger Image" /> Setting itself apart with its key mechanic of pitch detection, Opera Slinger combines the singing fun of karaoke with elements of classic action platforming.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>23 Mar 2007 03:29:41</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>MILA, O Resgate!</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/mila/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/6/68ca3b0c6b78897b68e944a33f504725_sq.jpg" title="MILA, O Resgate! Image" /> Ajude MILA em uma emocionante aventura por um mundo colorido e animado em busca de seu caozinho perdido. Salte pelas plataformas, enfrente os mais estranhos inimigos e utilize veiculos nos mais variados cenarios, como cavernas escuras, selvas traicoeiras, navios, aguas turvas e ate o interior de um monstro enorme, entre outras fases ainda mais emocionantes.<br />
Sao mais de 100 telas totalmente interligadas divididas em 11 fases de pura acao! Reviva os bons tempos dos jogos de plataforma ajudando MILA nessa grande missao.<br />
Como jogar:<br />
- Andar para Direita - Pressionar a seta direcional para a Direita<br />
- Andar para Esquerda - Pressionar a seta direcional para a Esquerda<br />
- Pular - Pressionar a seta direcional para Cima<br />
- Abaixar - Pressionar a seta direcional para Baixo<br />
- Atirar - Pressionar a tecla &quot;Espaco&quot;<br />
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PLAY ONLINE:<br />
http://www.orbemidia.com/d_game0005a.html<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>02 Apr 2007 08:45:26</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Tropa Orbe</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/tropaorbe/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/8/86e30726af87f1dac88b126451a48ece_sq.jpg" title="Tropa Orbe Image" /> Simple action in a fast scroll game. Many levels and a history. Choose beetween 3 characters and go to the mission. Just play with mouse, good for casual gamers.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>04 Apr 2007 06:41:32</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Bloodmasters</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/bloodmasters/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/fac2ff850ef55ec08a5601bc3fb63ac3_sq.jpg" title="Bloodmasters Image" /> Arcade, oldschool multiplayer and bloodshed.That's what the game Bloodmasters is about. Play with friends on your LAN or online and experience this oldschool top-down shooter. The game supports Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag and Scavenger game modes. The game is completely freeware and without ads, spyware or other unwanted garbage.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>05 Apr 2007 05:09:31</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Conformity</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/conformity/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c3a3fbd34aeb5490e1d04b73d5bc7e55_sq.jpg" title="Conformity Image" /> Conformity.  A game that I made for the Phoenix IGDA game jam in 2007.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>14 Apr 2007 08:27:43</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>National Defense 2</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ND2/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c933b5bfed52d1b04e09297d4ebd1ceb_sq.png" title="National Defense 2 Image" /> Use your varied resources to defend the city against the endless assaults of the enemy. Face multiple classes of enemies, ranging from powerful armoured fighters to flimsy scouts and blimps. Perform special combat feats to earn extra money, and use your hard-earned cash to purchase better weaponry.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>11 May 2007 10:22:29</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Crystal Mountain Balls</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/cmb/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/b/b0b156e7dc1cb67963566c0ab70d13cc_sq.jpg" title="Crystal Mountain Balls Image" /> The year 2044 and all war takes place inside computers. I had trained as a ball pilot from my Uncle, who had been a famous controller. However, the military accidentally sent me to Crystal Mountain. I knew that if i survived it, I would join the ranks of the Crystal Mountain Heroes, surpassing even my uncle in the skills. But it would not be easy. It would not be easy at all. I can not fail. My name is James. Welcome to Crystal Mountain.<br />
You will take the role as James and try to survive the enemies of Crystal Mountain. Using an extensive arsenal of weaponry, destroy all that oppose you. In this case, everyone. Do it as fast as possible for more points. Break the records of previous Ball Pilots.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>28 May 2007 09:25:46</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Chalk</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/chalk/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/c/c295cc425efeeb74ca1e318407078150_sq.jpg" title="Chalk Image" /> Chalk is an arcade style scrolling shooter with a different kind of control scheme.  Instead of shooting, you only have a piece of chalk with which you can draw.  The way you defeat the enemies is different depending on the type.  Some require all of the green dots to be connected, and others need to have their bullets connected back to them.  There are bosses at the end of each level that will take a bit more thinking to destroy.  The game is controlled entirely with the mouse, but the keyboard can be used as well.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>30 May 2007 06:39:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>La Ranisima</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/ranisima/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/8/86e60a23f07a654a8605ebb2df8a7e10_sq.gif" title="La Ranisima Image" /> La Ranisima is an open source &quot;Space Invaders&quot; alike game totally written in DHTML (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) that uses keyboard.<br />
This cross-platform and cross-browser game was tested under BeOS, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Windows and others.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>06 Jun 2007 08:44:44</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Tetrageddon</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/tetrageddon/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/a/ae9275747d4c9977ca25d62ae119ff91_sq.jpg" title="Tetrageddon Image" /> Although the controls take on the basic &quot;pentomino&quot; controls (Up, Down, Left, Right, Space for &quot;drop&quot;, and Q to submit your high-score), the game-play takes a very unusual spin that tickles the &quot;nonsense&quot; nerve. You are presented with a quiet city scene where you control heaps of rubble dropped from the sky by a tiny alien (Minibyte), who decided to &quot;pick on the big people&quot; by planting his &quot;Portable Entertainment System&quot; (a giant crane) over Earth. The goal of the game comes in three tiers: to score by squishing people, play pentomino, and challenge your reflexes as blocks fall at random speeds. The traditional set of blocks are mixed with &quot;surprise blocks&quot; which you have to quickly find a place for in the grid. Even the individual block tiles are purposefully vague and hard to distinguish to add to the chaos. The game is very challenging to ones reflexes. The goal is to keep your grid under control as long as possible so that you can continue scoring on pedestrians. Only those with quick fingers can survive.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>07 Jun 2007 06:06:37</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Trick or Treat</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/trickortreat/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/e/e9f12724474bfc048ceb509b9123ede7_sq.png" title="Trick or Treat Image" /> The award-winning platform beat-em-up featuring blood, guts, and a charmingly unique sense of humor. Use your trusty, rusty chainsaw to conquer the army of ghouls and monsters, or pick up powerful upgrades to increase the carnage drastically. Features 5 action-packed levels, with original art by Steven Burgess.<br />
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What happens on Halloween when the only neighborhood in sight has been built over an indian burial ground and is full of nightmarish creatures? Well, you go to trick or treat there, of course, but not without your assortment of powerful weapons to aid you along the way.<br />
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You can either perform a powerful slice attack or hold the chainsaw revving to do minor damage over time. The latter is often not useful unless you know what you're doing or have the super chainsaw upgrade, in which case it will tear through damn near anything.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>13 Jun 2007 08:42:43</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Squarez</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/squarez/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/4/43f08d41f7545e22574aa2b0a72a00f9_sq.jpg" title="Squarez Image" /> Please note that this isn't some fancy game with super-cool graphics or good...sound either. Nope. This is purely a game to see how well I can program in C# using XNA without having any prior knowledge.<br />
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With that in mind, it's sort of an action game. It gets very fast paced, and is simple to pick up and learn. You're a square...trying to hit another square. Doesn't get much simpler than that, does it?<br />
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There's two modes at the moment. One is Puzzle mode, get from the start to the end in the quickest amount of time possible, and the other is Vs. Cpu mode, try and defeat the computer before you get defeated yourself.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>15 Jun 2007 01:05:15</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Last Dawn</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/LastDawn/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/d/d56c0231584f9a8b68572d2cacf4d8a6_sq.png" title="Last Dawn Image" /> Last Dawn is a survival game about surviving in a zombie infested world. Taking place from a side-on perspective the game features many elements of both platform and action games. The game focuses around the day/night cycle, hence the name, where the player scavenges supplies during the day when zombies are less common, then returns to base at night to defend from the zombie hordes. This game was made for the 2007 Nullarbor game development competition.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>20 Jun 2007 10:32:07</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Hurrican</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/Hurrican/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/f/ff5795d8a8cd1149f86cbad5511a37c7_sq.gif" title="Hurrican Image" /> Hurrican is a freeware jump and shoot game created by Poke53280 that is based on the Turrican game series. Blast your way through nine action-packed levels filled with different enemies and powerups.<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>24 Jun 2007 04:37:39</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>Photon Arena</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/PhotonArena/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/9/9439e891c36cdc8a05ba14f1fcfb7e95_sq.jpg" title="Photon Arena Image" /> Fry your opponent by catching them in your high power laser beam. Reflect the laser off anything, but be careful not to be in it's path. Moveable barrels just add to the insanity.<br />
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This game was made in about 3 days. It crashes for most people. I'm trying to get this fixed, but till then, you have been warned. EDIT: It's fixed. Have at it!<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>25 Jun 2007 11:14:09</pubDate>		</item>		<item>			<title>The Cowboy Game</title>			<link><![CDATA[ http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/the-cowboy-game/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]></link>			<description><![CDATA[ <img style="float: left; clear: left;" src="http://static.greatgamesexperiment.com/userimages/6/6bac025fcb388c467cfa36354ba65101_sq.jpg" title="The Cowboy Game Image" /> The Cowboy Game is a showcase of a platform game engine made in Flash 8. The game is meant to annoy you. Before you can fight the aliens you must equip your gun using the inventory screen, by dragging the gun into your hands. To fire the gun, you must reload it first by clicking the revolver icon on the lower-right side of the screen. Items you pick up along the way, must be equipped the same way before you can use it.<br />
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Keys:<br />
Direction left/right: Move left/right<br />
Direction up: jump<br />
Spacebar: fire gun (if equipped)<br />
Run: equip your horse<div style="clear:both;"></div> ]]></description>			<pubDate>03 Jul 2007 12:08:06</pubDate>		</item>	</channel></rss>