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Neverball isn’t a new game, but has for a long time been one of the cutest open source games one could possibly have on a desktop computer.

Well, on Feb 2 2009 version 1.5.0 came out, bringing the game’s development out of a long hiatus. The new version sports a huge list of changes, which bring the game to a whole new level of “polished” production-wise.

For those that don’t really know what I’m talking about, Neverball is a 3d platform game, where you roll a ball to collect coins by tilting the platforms it’s on. Along with it comes a mini golf game based on the same engine, called Neverputt. Its attractive and simple design and simple object physics make it a game everyone, regardless of age, operating system or processing power can enjoy (well, almost). In some way you’re lucky, since it’s probably good timing to be checking it out for the first time. 

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I am passing through a brief infatuation period with the 2007 album of Of Montreal “Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer?“, which (well, personally) I find to be one of the year’s most interesting releases.

The album was released in January 23, 2007, written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes, with assistance from friends and family: James Huggins, Heather McIntosh and Nina Twin and Alabee Blonde (Barnes’ wife and daughter respectively). It could be generally considered indie-pop or indie-rock, with a lot of psychedelic influences, which kinda make sense if you listen to Of Montreal’s previous work.
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Desktop Tower Defense is a flash-based game, inspired by some multiplayer maps in WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos and Starcraft featuring a unique style of play, Tower (or Turret) Defense.

The objective of the game is to stop advancing waves of creeps from reaching the other side of the level. In order to achieve this, you get to build six different kinds of towers, forming a maze the creeps have to go through.
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23, the 2007 album of Blonde Redhead, was released by 4AD in the middle of April.

The trio from New York has come a long way since their first album’s production by Sonic Youth’s drummer Steve Shelley in 1995, and this one is probably their most long-waited release – Japanese lead singer Kazu Makino and the Italian twins Simone and Amedeo Pace are one of the big bands now.

This is the first album that the band has produced themselves, and, as they told nme.com, they are satisfied with both the experience and the result, as it gave them more control over their ideas. The sound of the album reflects this fact, as the music concentrates more on fullness and richness of texture and less on progression and form, at least in comparison to their other albums.
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Cities is a free web-based multiplayer online RPG with an attitude: a distinctly English attitude, to be precise. It’s setting is a (pretty web-conscious) pseudo-medieval land full of puns and mathematical absurdity, called the ‘Kingdom, ruled by the game’s creator, ‘King Elseware, and the Council of Great Lords, five people also responsible for parts of the game.

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Old stuff time again! This article presents five albums from the US at the end of the sixties. Hippie masterpieces, intrascenal irony, prog snobishness and Punk Rock’s toddler steps, all here!

This selection of albums is intended to give a clear idea about the end of the 60’s hippie scene in the US and a few new musical styles that emerged.
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It’s old stuff time: Five albums that, well, you should have. This time’s selection features albums with lots of electronic elements.

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I can’t bring myself to elaborate on this: Their bass player is a pretty close friend of mine.

An Indie band from Athens, Greece. 4 tracks: Assassin Romantique, Depressed Economist, Chinaski, She Moves in Movies. Together since 2004.

Anyway, try it. Indie Rock Good. Oh, it’s also free. Free Indie Better.

The Model Spy seem to use myspace a lot, so here’s their page: http://www.myspace.com/themodelspy

And here’s the music – You can either get it in a 33mb mp3 version, or join the badass vbr 50 ogg 60mb torrent

The Model Spy – The Model Spy (Demo 2007, mp3)

The Model Spy – The Model Spy (Demo 2007, Ogg VBR 50)

Me like Assassin Romantique. Yes, Assassin Funny!