First allow me to apologize for the week-long break. Last week I was tied up in motorcycle classes for the entire weekend and was absolutely exhausted at the end of each day to work functionally. As such, today’s Xbox Live Indie Picks will consist of the last two weeks. It actually worked out quite nicely because, well, there weren’t that many games released…

That said, there are a few goodies in here starting with our “Pick of the Week” or rather pick of the last two weeks: Oozi: Earth Adventure Ep. 2, a game that I actually covered a few days ago as well.

It should really come as no surprise that it made PotW. The game’s solid platforming action combined with slick graphics and music really puts it a head above the rest. In fact, it’s probably up there with the best of the best in terms of platformers on XBLIG. So kudos to the developers for that!

Enjoy the rest of the picks! (Sorted chronologically, of course)

Gemologist
(80 MS Points)

Your objective in this puzzle game is to find similar colored gems in groups of three or more.

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Red Tie Miner
(80 MS Points)

Red Tie … check. Pickaxe … check. Let’s get out of this mine!

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Hidden in Plain Sight
(80 MS Points)

Try to win, but don’t LOOK like you’re trying to win, or you will lose. Featuring five game modes, “Hidden in Plain Sight” pits players against each other in tense battles of guile and subtlety. This game is local-multiplayer ONLY, so don’t buy it if you don’t have any friends.

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Perkunas’ Dragon: Episode One
(240 MS Points)

Imagine a game which is a connection of three gaming styles – Shooter, RPG and Puzzle. Enter the fantastic world of Slavonic creatures! Are you ready for a big journey?

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Canyon Viaduct
(80 MS Points)

As the Chief of the Canyon Project, rescue the civilians from zombies and help them by building a bridge across the Canyon. The Canyon Viaduct demands challenging assignments in three different modes – Normal, Expert and Killer. Can you take up this job?

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Angry Zombie Ninja Cats
(80 MS Points)

Evade or destroy the Ninja Cats that have turned into Zombies!

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Itza
(80 MS Points)

Itza is an exciting puzzle game where your goal is to remove pairs of matching tiles and trying to clear the board before the time runs up. Explode tiles in combos to clear the level faster and to receive powerful powerups!

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Star Defender
(80 MS Points)

Fly through space to defend the stars as you create black holes and edit the very fabrics of time.

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Oozi: Earth Adventure Episode 2
(80 MS points)

Oozi: Earth Adventure is where classic platforming fun meets modern visuals and hand-drawn art. Lots of special abilities, dozens of enemies, extra difficult challenge mode and time limited arcade mode specially for hardcore gamers. All that for only 80 MSP, a must have for all platformer fans!

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Rise of the Mummies
(80 MS Points)

You can play in single and local multiplayer against many types of angry mummies who want to kill you!

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