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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.

Jesse Venbrux, that purveyor of pernicious, punishing platformers, has released a new game. Pazzon is a decidedly retro platformer that reminds us a lot of the surreal stylings of Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld. However, while Brain-Damaged Toon Underworld is still in production, Pazzon is available for consumption right now.

The game is a simple story-based platformer. You must jump around inside a dream, talking to inhabitants along the way. The sound and art design are both excellent, especially in the color contrast of the environments. Everything is also simple geometric shapes, which lends a very minimalist air to the entire game. In short, another excellent game from Venbrux.

[Via IndieGames]