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Aerial Antics
   Aerial Antics
Release: Thursday January 15, 2004
You have always dreamed of flying high! Now is your chance! The Aerial Antics Circus is holding tryouts to find the best rocket pack pilots for it's new attraction! Can you learn to fly with the best? You must pass 50 challeng ... read more
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Armadillo Run
   Armadillo Run
Release: Saturday April 22, 2006
Armadillo Run is an interesting game to review, and not only because it adds yet another wacky video game animal to my ever-growing zoo collection. It is also an interesting title to review because I'd almost hesitate to call it a ... read more
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Birdwatch
   Birdwatch
Release: Friday December 12, 2003
This birdwatching game pits you with a camera. Your goal is to take pictures of birds as they fly across the screen. Each of the birds moves at a different speed. With your camera viewfinder you try to center the birds and click ... read more
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Bridge Construction Set
   Bridge Construction Set
Release: Tuesday October 15, 2002
Imagine yourself in a car crossing what you thought was just another river...when the bridge you are on buckles and crashes downward. As your car plunges into the water, you think..."man I should have worked more on that bridge de ... read more
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Cloud
   Cloud
Release: Saturday November 05, 2005
This game is simply one of the most artistic video game ventures, ever. It’s not heavy laden with dialogue, campy themes, or over-the-top characters. It’s a relaxing venture into the mind of a young lad who simply wa ... read more
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Democracy
   Democracy
Release: Sunday April 17, 2005
Detailed and involving political strategy game where you try your best to maintain control of an entire country! read more
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Democracy 2
   Democracy 2
Release: Friday December 07, 2007
Do you crave power? Could you do a better job of running the country than the people currently in charge? Are you sick of corrupt politicians making stupid decisions that benefit only themselves? Could you keep enough of the popul ... read more
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Dope Farmer
   Dope Farmer
Release: Tuesday April 15, 2003
Become a dope farmer! In a game that combines the mechanics of Harvest Moon and the theme of Dope Wars, plant, grow and sell crops, synthesize illegal chemicals, and keep an eye out for the man! Increase your stash and pocket more ... read more
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Fish Tycoon
   Fish Tycoon
Release: Tuesday November 15, 2005
Breed beautiful and exotic fish in this unique aquarium-sim puzzler. These are your fish and like real fish, you need to care for them. You can feed them, cure them if they get sick and make lots of babies! The game runs in true r ... read more
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Kisses
   Kisses
Release: Saturday January 22, 2005
Kisses is a simulation of a small village, in which you control your own character. Your job is to spread joy throughout your village. It is your mission to maintain as many friendships as possible with your fellow village members ... read more
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Kudos
   Kudos
Release: Tuesday October 31, 2006
Kudos is a turn based strategy game where you control someone's life. You decide where they work, who they hang out with, and what they do to relax. Do you want to be an alcoholic saxophone playing taxi driver? or maybe a reclusiv ... read more
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Kudos: Rock Legend
   Kudos: Rock Legend
Release: Saturday May 26, 2007
Rock Legend is a turn based strategy game where the player is the singer in a Rock/Pop Band. You start the game with no backing band, very little money, and just a few cover versions to get you started. As the game progresses, you ... read more
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Outpost Kaloki
   Outpost Kaloki
Release: Saturday September 18, 2004
In a galaxy far far away, you are the new leader of a space trade station. You must balance your resources to build outposts that attract visitors & create new revenue streams for your leaders. You will have visitors from all over ... read more
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Outpost Kaloki X
   Outpost Kaloki X
Release: Thursday December 15, 2005
Race against time to save the princess in Outpost Kaloki X, a humorous space station tycoon game for Xbox 360 Live Arcade! Solve challenges, entertain visiting aliens, keep your ratings high, defend your station against alien att ... read more
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PeaceMaker
   PeaceMaker
Release: Wednesday April 25, 2007
PeaceMaker challenges you to succeed as a leader where others have failed. Experience the joy of bringing peace to the Middle East or the agony of plunging the region into disaster. PeaceMaker will test your skills, assumptions an ... read more
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President Forever 2008
   President Forever 2008
Release: Tuesday January 15, 2008
President Forever 2008 + Primaries is the most in-depth, intense political election game ever made. Using realistic electorate modeling techniques, an unprecedented number of options, and detailed candidates, this is big time! read more
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President Forever:  2004
   President Forever: 2004
Release: Thursday April 29, 2004
President Forever is the most intense presidential election game ever made. Play the 2004 presidential election with an unprecedented number of options, the ability to plan complex strategies, detailed candidates, hotseated play, ... read more
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Real Estate Empire
   Real Estate Empire
Release: Monday February 05, 2007
Watch for hot bargains while keeping an eye on the properties that might be picked up on the cheap! Play to your strengths, but be ready to take a fixer-upper and make it beautiful! Grab something uptown and watch as its value goe ... read more
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Smugglers 3
   Smugglers 3
Release: Monday January 26, 2004
In the third part of the award winning Smugglers series you can play a greedy trader, an ambitious bounty hunter, a ruthless pirate, a mix of those or one of many other professions. Backed up by a crew of different kinds of crewme ... read more
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Smugglers 4
   Smugglers 4
Release: Wednesday October 15, 2008
In the Smugglers series, you have the option to be a greedy trader, an ambitious bounty hunter, a ruthless pirate, or a multitude of the many professions that the game has to offer. Through trading, fulfilling missions, or piratin ... read more

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Space Station Manager
   Space Station Manager
Release: Monday June 16, 2003
If your dream is to build a space station then ShortHike is the game for you. Learning the simple user interface takes a minute, but mastering space station design takes a lifetime. Start by downloading the free demo to experience ... read more
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Stair Dismount
   Stair Dismount
Release: Monday July 15, 2002
Your goal in the game is to cause as much damage to the person as possible. After knocking the character down, you'll see the 13 points of the body keeping track of how much damage has been done to that point. To create the most ... read more
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StarLines Inc.
   StarLines Inc.
Release: Wednesday October 25, 2000
Starlines inc is a strategy game that puts you in command of a fleet of starships carrying passengers and cargo between different worlds. You have direct control over which cargo and passengers your ships take on board, including ... read more
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Summer Session
   Summer Session
Release: Tuesday July 15, 2008
It plays like an adventure but your goal is to find a girl to date before the Summer Session ends... Your cute classmate, your sexy professor, your secret admirer - can you win their hearts? Lift weights and buy new clothes ... read more
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Toribash
   Toribash
Release: Wednesday February 15, 2006
Toribash is a totally freeform fighting game. How can that be, the keyboard only has so many buttons, you ask? This isn't a fighting game the way you're used to thinking of it (insert “This isn't your older brother's fighting ga ... read more
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Truck Dismount
   Truck Dismount
Release: Friday August 15, 2003
Truck Dismount presents many more options than Stair Dismount. In this game you again are trying to cause as much damage to your character, a crash-test-dummy looking chap. You cause damage by creating an accident. Your tools i ... read more
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Venture Arctic
   Venture Arctic
Release: Thursday March 15, 2007
Set in the flourishing but dangerous Arctic setting, players will take on the role of interactively simulating the natural wildlife ecosystem of the Arctic, while strategically changing the balance of certain elements within natur ... read more
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Virtual Villagers
   Virtual Villagers
Release: Saturday July 15, 2006
Ever wonder what it would be like to start from scratch? I mean, wipe your slate clean of work, chores, housing, clothes, food, family and friends? Well, developers Last Day of Work managed to create a real-time simulator that leg ... read more
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Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children
   Virtual Villagers 2: The Lost Children
Release: Thursday February 08, 2007
Managing the lives of an entire civilization seems like a daunting task. However, developer Last Day of Work managed to create a challenging, fun experience for anyone looking for a casual game to play off and on, or over a long p ... read more
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Wild Earth
   Wild Earth
Release: Saturday November 25, 2006
Wild Earth sends players of all ages on a breathtaking safari through the plains of Africa. Their mission: to explore the wild and capture on film the essence and beauty of the natural world around them. Your photos become an int ... read more
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Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
   Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
Release: Monday October 31, 2005
Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is a fast-paced sim game set in the African Serengeti. Players build a unique ecosystem by buying and breeding animals and by balancing the food and water needs of each diverse species. Build ecosys ... read more
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World of Goo
   World of Goo
Release: Monday October 13, 2008
World of Goo is a physics based puzzle / construction game. The millions of Goo Balls who live in the beautiful World of Goo don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious. read more
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