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Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
Developer: Acquire
Publisher: Xseed
Platform: PS3 (PSN)
Price: $15, Demo Available, $5 DLC that adds 5 levels to Dungeon of Trials

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Credit to Gamespot for the images.

As my readers and compatriots at CoG are aware, I have a particular soft spot for old-school party-based dungeon crawlers. That affection is the pain reason this month I...

Dwarfs!?
Developer: Power of 2
Publisher: Tripwire Interactive
Platform: PC (Steam)
Price: $10, Demo Available

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For this month I thought I'd take a look at a recent attempt by a developer to cash in on a popular freeware phenomenon, Dwarf Fortress. We are of course talking about the indie game Dwarfs!?

For an alternate look, you can check out Mot Wakorb's CoG review for...

HOARD
Developer: Big Sandwich Games
Publisher: Big Sandwich Games
Platform: PC/Mac (Steam), PS3/PSP (PSN)
Price: $10

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As my faithful readers may be aware, the original plan for this month's installment was to be the FPS Dino D-Day, but it ended up being a multiplayer-only game, so we're going HOARD instead.

Hey, I'm honest - I don't like multiplayer. We all have our issues,...

NightSky
Developer: Nicalis
Publisher: Nicalis
Platform: PC (Steam), Wii (Wiiware)
Price: $10

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Due to a cavalcade of personal challenges, this month is a short one.

For this April's installment of JPWPI, I run through... NightSky. From what I find on the 'net, NightSky was an Independant Games Festival Seumas McNally (Grand Prize) finalist, so it should be entertaining....

Puzzle Agent
Developer: Telltale Games
Publisher: Telltale Games
Platform: PC/Mac (Steam)
Price: $5

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Due to popular request, the game this month is Telltale Games' Puzzle Agent, based on Graham Annable's work in the Grickle series of books. It's a little bit adventure, and a lot of puzzling.

I should note, that because this is a game where riddles and puzzles are central,...