XBLIG Indie Games Uprising III begins in September

Xbox Live Indie Games third annual summer promotion, Indie Games Uprising III, will begin this year on September 10 and run through September 20. During this period, Indie Games Uprising will launch one of nine hand-picked indie game every day of the work week, each meant to reflect the best of the best being created by the Xbox Live Indie Games development community. The full list of Uprising games and developers is as follows:

-- DieHard Dungeon, Tricktale
-- City Tuesday, Chris Zukowski
-- Gateways, Smudged Cat
-- Pixel, Ratchet Game Studios
-- Sententia, Michael Hicks
-- Smooth Operators: Call Center Chaos, Andreas Heydeck
-- XenoMiner, Gristmill Studios
-- Entropy, Autotivity
-- Qrth-Phyl, Hermitgames

DieHard Dungeon is a roguelike, City Tuesday is about gathering bombs before a city blows up,Gateways is a 2D take on Portal, Pixel is a first-person puzzle game, Sententia is a game about the impact of aging on imagination and creativity, Smooth Operators: Call Center Chaos is a strategy sim, XenoMiner is a sandbox game, Entropy is a 3D puzzle game, and Qrth-Phyl is a take on classic arcade maze games. You can see footage from each of the nine games in the official Indie Games Uprising III trailer, embedded above. For more on the Xbox's diverse indie game selection, check out our regular Indieverse column.

SOURCE: Indie Games Uprising III

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Jefferson County Daily Record - August 1, 2012

Mt. Vernon Police Department Thefts

A Kmart shopper told police someone stole her wallet while she was in the bathroom at 7:07 p.m. Monday.

Police responded to a report of an internal theft at the TA Truck Stop at 11:28 a.m. Monday.

A Goodwill employee told police someone stole donations meant for the store at 2:49 p.m. Monday.
Incidents

Police responded to a report that a car was struck with eggs while it was parked at the intersection of 12th Street and Veterans Memorial Drive at 12:41 a.m. Tuesday.

A representative of Rapp Construction told police someone broke into a company trailer at the intersection of Shawnee Street and East Last Street at 8:37 a.m. Monday.
Monday at 11:51 a.m., a resident in the 1000 block of South 21st Street told police someone broke the windows out of a car parked on the property.

Police responded to a report that a woman was attempting to steal the water heater of a residence in the 900 block of Wescott Street at 2:29 p.m. Monday.

A resident in the 1500 block of Sunset Street told police at 4:14 p.m. Monday that his truck was damaged overnight.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Arrests

James W. Carter, 46, of the 16500 block of Salem Church Road, was arrested Monday at 7:39 p.m. on a charge of domestic battery/bodily harm.

Brian D. Cushman Jr., 31, of Mt. Sterling, was arrested Monday at 9:16 p.m. on an in-state warrant. Cushman was released.
Incidents

Police responded to a report at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday that people broke into Waltonville High School at 10:15 p.m. Sunday and damaged the refinished gym floor.

Illinois State Police Arrests

Bruce C. Maxwell, 57, of the 100 block of Hemlock Court, was arrested Monday at 1:22 p.m. on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Maxwell was released.  http://goo.gl/W4sIl