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Last Monday, I collected a bunch of random thoughts in a single post. Guess what? I'm doing it again, and will probably continue to do it from now on. In a sense, I'm embracing the essence of blogging; writing about a bunch of crap that's on my mind. But since this is and always will be a blog about video games, I'll spare you my thoughts on topics like Wes Anderson, humor in music and/or Will Ferrell. Hint: I don't like any of them.

Over the last few days, I've spent an inordinate amount of time with downloadable games. Codes for several downloadable games were sent my way recently, so I spent much of the weekend's gaming time checking them out.

- I played through about a third of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom the other day and generally enjoyed it. Like Braid, it's a game that fills you with significant satisfaction when you solve its puzzles. Expect a full review in a couple of days.

- The Lazy Raiders contest is full of some hilarious entries. You've got until Midnight tonight to enter. James Hawkins' review of the game is coming in the next few hours.

- A small German game developer called One More Games sent me a code for their iPhone game Doppelganger, which is essentially the board game Memory. It's pretty simple but I actually quite enjoyed it, thanks to some clever presentation.

- Speaking of the iPhone, I've decided that I have a completely unhealthy relationship to the game Fieldrunners. I have yet to beat Grasslands on Extended mode Medium difficulty, and it makes me crazy. I find myself getting angry at the game, and yet unable to stop playing it. It's like an abusive spouse that I can't divorce.

- In other non-DLC news, it looks like we'll have a new reviewer joining the JD crew soon! I'm very excited to have this person aboard and look forward to his first review.