Reviews

Alien Swarm

Alien Swarm is a top down shoot em up where up to 4 players can co-op. Developed by Valve Corporation your objective is to go through the various levels and destroy the aliens. It’s a fast paced game that provides plenty of action, and the science fiction theme levels, plus the assorted weapons, raise it above the average freeware shoot em up.

Nail Salon: Radcity (7 Eleven)

So we’ve been searching lately for some unadulterated indie stuff, and the awesome band Nail Salon comes up. There are no adequate resources online regarding the band, other than well… their Bandcamp site, which is a shame since they sound undeniably unique. At this point, they should be ‘Googlable’ with all those greatness oozing! As of now though, what you have to take notice is their brilliant debut EP, entitled Radcity (7-Eleven).

Desktop Slides

Desktop Slides is a simple, user friendly wallpaper manager / cycler for Windows. Courtesy of Wallpaper Wide, this application lets you change your wallpapers at specific intervals. If you have a lot of wallpapers but getting tired of manually changing them, this could be what you need. With this program all that wallpaper changing will be automated.

OKAPI SUN: OKAPI SUN

Turn up the volume and bathe in tribal dance tunes with OKAPI SUN‘s self-titled debut release. The group is named after the Okapia johnstoni, a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest which decorates itself with its different stripes to become one with its surrounding. Just like the said animal, OKAPI SUN’s sound is described as a cut and paste of their past, their present, and their own culture and soul.

Air Dagger

Air Dagger by indie developer Elbert Perez is one of the most challenging and enjoyable games for Windows Phone. You play the role of a rookie pilot who flies for one of three corporations, and it is your job as the corporation’s ace pilot to showcase the power of the Air Dagger. Along the way you get to perform several missions and you will need all your skills to dispose of your rivals.

Kira Velella: Daughter

Bask your soul in summer breeze and rain showers with Kira Velella‘s debut EP Daughter. Packed with six tracks, this sampler plate gives us a sneak peak to the New York-based singer/songwriter’s raw craftsmanship.

SSuite Personal Office Suite

Suite Office Software is a totally free alternative to commercial office suites. The field of freeware office suites is very competitive, but this one stands out for many reasons. It comes with a word processor (WordFormat 2), a spreadsheet (SpreadForm One), PDF Memo Creator and NetSurfer One, a web browser. Its email client is called My EZ Mail. The suite also comes with an envelope printer, a sorting utility and some games. WordFormat 2 has a simple and intuitive interface. You can save files in txt, DOC and RTF (rich text format) formats. You can even save the files in Pascal and C++ formats. It comes with statistics, formatting, grammar and spelling, word count and other features.

P.R.: Moment In Time

Aiming to bring you the freshest talent from around the world, Cult Classic Records (CCR) serves us P.R.’s Moment In Time. Pedram Rouzbehani, better known as “P.R.”, is a Sydney-based producer who translates his love for music, life experiences, and cultural upribringing into tasteful sonic offerings. Drawing inspiration from his environment, P.R. describes his sound as “feel good music” that fuses multiple genres of current and past trends. His musical influences include DJ Premier, Nujabes, Kanye West, and Alchemist, to name a few.

Circle

Circle, as its developer Hawthorne Labs puts it, is like Facebook and Twitter but for your local area. With this app you can stay in touch with your friends and the important folks in your community and your city anywhere you are. By using Circle you’ll be able to share views and opinions with your closest friends and those people that matter to you.