Spelunky, Deadlight, Quantum Conundrum, THPSHD, The Cave, Super T.I.M.E Force to name a few.

On a side note, did anyone try the demo of Joy Ride Turbo?

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Spelunky, Deadlight, Quantum Conundrum, THPSHD, The Cave, Super T.I.M.E Force to name a few.

On a side note, did anyone try the demo of Joy Ride Turbo?

I dl'ed it as much for the kids as for me. Mario Kart lite really. I'd wait for it to hit half-price before taking the leap. Quite good doing Hot Wheels-esque loop the loops and gnarly, radical, cowabunga jumps miles into the air. There's a mode where you just drive round a wide area collecting trophies floating in the air. Easy Sunday Morning (Hangover) Gaming.

Downloaded Joy Ride last night as a friend was raving about it.

Will queue up a trial of Spelunky now.

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Spelunky is a weird compulsive crack platformed thing thats kills you constantly. The reviews are right. I've only got to world 1-3, died countless times from all manner of beasties and traps and so far only once found myself in a dark level. I didn't last long. 
The pressure that'll be running if you haven't died for a bit will be pretty sweaty palm stuff. I like.

It seems to have leader board action going on too.

Definitely getting this then, reviews have been good and sounds like great (and frustrating) fun.

Is there co-op?

The multiplayer is only local, the death of which, I know can weigh heavy on certain vital organs.

I'm enjoying it so far, I was prepared to die a lot, but I'm dying a lot.

I remember reading that it'd been designed to be played whilst sitting next to your opponent(s), can't remember the reason, maybe so you can punch them in the face?

First half hour left me wondering, but I've seen enough to make me want to get to the end, skill levels permitting.

Was really suprised it didn't have the same price point as Fez, but I don't mind paying full whack (unusual for me) as I knew/hoped it'd be right up my street.

Co-op mode is single screen. One char woill have a white flag and 'own' the screen, if other charas go off screen (4p possible) you quickly have a 10 sec countdown timer before they become ghost characters/dead so you have to leg it back up screen if you fall down a big hole. 
These ghosts however can then blow powerful puffs of spectral chilly gusts that can knock the remaining alive characters off ledges and into death. I'm not sure if they could help you out in some way (ooh just remembered the ghosts do seem to be able to set off arrow traps I think??) but I've been multiplaying this with a 5yr old and a 3yr old. Co-op play isn't really on the cards… in fact they tend to just try to kill themselves as soon as possible in order to go 'ghost' and then try to blow me into the nearest enemy/spike pit. Bastards.
In some levels you will find a big coffin that if broken will bring a ghost chara back to life.

I've found this forced single screen seems to work well as when I can get the motley crew of tiddlers into action it makes for some hilarious moments ("Treasure!! I'm blowing  through that wall. CLEAR!! .. *3yr old inevitably snuffs it* Heheh) 
With a more attentive gang of players you could arrange to get to places with explosives or ropes or whatnot I would imagine.

This is still all in the first 3 or 4 stages of the first world. Never got any further yet. 

Haven't had a go on the battle mode so far so can't comment.

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can't wait for JSR HD

JSR was all "sheeeeez majikaru gaaarl"

I liked it. Pretty much what I was expecting. Not sure I'll necessarily buy it, mind.

It's perfectly possible that this is one of those games to which a demo or trial cannot do justice.

No online co-op though. Wake me up for the sequel.

Didn't capcom announce some sort of HD package yesterday too - could possibly have been Marvel Super Heroes + Marvel vs Capcom 1

Booked a random holiday from work today.  It's become a bit of a tradition for me to spend a few hours with a XBLA game I've got in the backlog when I do that, so I'm currently considering Stacking, Outland, Bangai-O HD, Shadow Complex, The Maw, or finishing Fez.  I'm assuming Scott Pilgim, Trine 2 and Renegade Ops are far better in co-op, so they can wait.  Does anyone have anything particularly good or bad to say about those games to help me decide?  I know how good Fez is, I'm probably four hours in, but was put off by a few stories about the latest patch wiping people's saves....