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Come August 11th, along with a lot of changes Xbox 360 users will be happy to see, there’ll be one that most will barely notice: changing the name of Xbox Live Community Games to Xbox Live Indie Games. Xbox Live Indie Games has long been the red-headed stepchild of the online service, and there’s some good reason for that---there are serious bugs in the system, including requiring you to be online to play games you’ve already bought. But, worst of all, even with the new ratings system being rolled out, it’s still too hard to separate games you’d like from games that aren’t even worth the free demo.

But Xbox Live Indie Games titles don’t deserve to be ignored completely. It’s a great place for independent developers to try out unusual ideas without a big publisher stomping out anything that smacks of creativity. And even if the game is only a couple hours worth of play, two hours of entertainment for 200 points is a pretty great fun-to-cash ratio! So, every Friday, I’ll be featuring some choice titles from the service. Here's the first:

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