Edit: It seems like with D2D, you still need to do activate the game by connecting to the D2D servers after installing on a computer for the first time, meaning no internet, no play. As a result...basically everything in this post have no meaning anymore.

IndieGames Blog reports that the PC version of Queasy Games' award-winning abstract shooter Everyday Shooter has been released on Direct2Drive.

What does this mean? It means you can finally "own" the game without having to buy a PS3! They should have done this a long time ago! While this game was originally released for the PlayStation 3, surely there were people who wanted to play this but didn't want to buy an overpriced and at-the-time sucky PS3.

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This is actually kind of old news, but due to its awesomeness, it cannot go unmentioned. Team Shanghai Alice has announced the latest installment in the Touhou series (the mega-popular shmup/curtain shooter that has all the doujin fans going gah gah). The new game will be called Touhou Chireiten ~ Subterranean Animism (東方地霊殿 ~ Subterranean Animism), and a demo will be available at the upcoming Reitaisai on May 25th, and will later be made available online.

Gensokyo.org has a translation of ZUN's blog (ZUN is the creator of Touhou games) regarding the announcement:

Story:
"With the spouting of geysers, the spirits of the Earth emerge. Reimu and Marisa are fine with it, but the youkai can’t allow this. Sluggishly, they go underground, to the source of the disturbance. Sealed deep within the earth are youkai with a detestable ability... what will the pair do this time?"

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