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Team Meat announced today that Super Meat Boy will be released via Xbox Live on October 20th as part of 'The Game Feast', which is a bit like Summer of Arcade, except, well, not in the summer. I know, less than two months away! I'm excited too.

Quick summary for the three people who have never heard of the game - you control Meat Boy on his quest to save Bandage Girl. It's a 2D platformer which involves lots of precision jumping, quick reactions and a whole lot of meaty blood splattering. It's all immensely good fun, and something you should definitely look forward to.

This picture was posted earlier today, with the promise that release dates for Steam/WiiWare will follow soon, plus how much the game will cost. I will of course update this post with all the details as they appear today.

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We've featured a number of paint and modelling apps before (Sculptris, Cube Kingdom, Q-Block, Taro Paint), so here are three more to add to that list of useful free apps for quick art purposes.

Melly's ASCIIPaint (sample art featured above) is a Flixel-based paint program that allows users to draw ASCII characters on a plain black canvas, then saved as either a .TXT or .PNG file to be shared with others.

Adam 'Atomic' Saltsman's TrashPaint has been out for some time now, and this 5kb art application has proven to be effective for doing really quick sketches with basic brush strokes (sample art in the extended).

Last but not least is increpare's Monopoint, a monochromatic paint application from the creator of Opera Omnia and Ra Ra Racer. The dithering tool in this app is pretty fun to play around with, and you can even use hotkeys to switch between brush types and sizes quickly. Some art samples can be found here.

Quick links: ASCIIPaint, TrashPaint, Monopoint

Adam 'Atomic' Saltsman's TrashPaint

increpare's Monopoint

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Cloud Control is a slow-paced puzzle game set in the sky. Players control a fluffy cloud which needs to touch all the other rainclouds to complete each level.

Unfortunately, there are also lots of nasty thunderclouds about, and touching one of those or leaving the side of the screen results in death. It starts off a little tame, but after six or seven levels begins to pick up speed, as you'll need to start surveying the scene before you move. Depending on the tight squeezes you'll need to fit through, planning the shape of your cloud is essential.

It's available to play at Newgrounds. Here is some recommended listening material for accompaniment.

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