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There was no big features this week, unfortunately. Most of our staff was gone at E3, after all! Just Freeware Friday was this week. However, the TOJam 2008 competition recently wrapped up, so there's a ton of games that were released this week! Dwarf Fortress also finally got the first update in the Army Arc, adding battles and wars to the historical records of the game.

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Freeware Friday: Off-Road Velociraptor Safari James Murff takes Freeware Friday to a new place: browser games.

There's no retail computer game that quite captures the gameplay feel of Munchkin, the little card game by Steve Jackson and John Kovalic. There is, however, a freeware game (just released, in fact!) that does. Loot reminds us very much of our time spent backstabbing our friends at the table, playing a Plutonium Dragon or cursing them down a level right as they are about to win.

Loot is all about exploring a dungeon and returning to the entrance before you die. When you enter a room, you may find some loot, a ladder, a trap, or any combination of the three. Loot gives you a card, a trap reduces your hit points by 1, and a ladder enables you to move down a level. It has the same exploration of rooms vibe that Munchkin does, but without the backstabbing or monsters. It's great fun and a great casual dungeon crawl.

[Via IndieGames]