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Shadow Warrior (2013) is a very nice PC FPS. I actually almost bought it again on a bundle. After I realized it looked very nice (and that I already had it), I downloaded my previously purchased copy and started playing. It is a very nice old school FPS, where you shoot your enemies (demons, without a lot of strategy involved, although there is some in the choice of weapons) or cut them with your ninja sword. There are lots of secret areas. You have plenty of upgrades - including for your guns, extra skills and powers. It is a bit more violent than most games - you can dismember/behead enemies with your gun or swords, and get extra karma with it. You have plenty of special moves, too - including healing, spinning around with your sword, dropping everyone around with a power wave, etc. Graphics are very good, specially when you consider the game is a few years old now, and not an AAA title. Bosses are somewhat interesting. What I don't like is that it ...

Mini-Metro is a very clever semi-abstract metro design simulator. You have to tie together a metro system by linking stations (that pop-up by themselves) and connecting them so that they don't have extreme waits (at which point you lose). Your tools are metro lines, trains (regular and fast), tunnels and carriages. You get limited quantities of each, and must choose carefully what you do with them. It is very nice to see what can be done with a minimalist graphics approach.

Dark Intelligence: Transformation Book One - by Neal Asher - is a SF novel that takes place in the Polity universe. It has been a while since I read one of Asher's books, and this one really reminded me of how much I like them. I was a bit surprised to not get a notice from Amazon, as I've bought most of his books there already. There are some of the old characters - specially Penny Royal, which is a main focus and really shows what it can do - and several interesting new ones, specially Thorvald Spear - which was killed a century before and was just being revived. Of course, not everything is what it seems... The book was just great, and I can't wait for the sequel!

Mushroom 11 is a PC platformer. Quite common, right? Yes, but you are some kind of green ooze, which moves when you erase parts of it, by multiplying elsewhere. That, and with great graphics. It is very clever, and very innovative, but I only felt it was somewhat fun. Interesting, though.