Brandon Boyer, IGF chair and former Offworld gaming blog editor, is trying to put together a new gaming website called "Venus Patrol." He's already soliciting funding for the project--with generous backers donating over $17,000 of the $50,000 goal, at the time of this post. Boyer has also cobbled together some bonus items for different tiers of donations, and while that's not an unusual fundraising practice, the incentives include some rare collectibles from great indie developers like Vlambeer (Super Crate Box) and Adam Atomic (Canabalt), among others.

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This week, I'd like to call your attention to an exceptionally cool, free mod for Half-Life 2 called The Stanley Parable (see top image), developed by Davey Wreden. You may have already even seen a Shacker or two recommend the game in Chatty, or seen some buzz about it elsewhere on the Internet. If not, consider this your call to action. It's a relatively short adventure that will likely take you less than an hour to fully experience. If you really want get the most out of the experience, expect to play The Stanley Parable multiple times.

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Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is a short one, featuring the new Mortal Kombat, Super Crate Box,MicroBot, GoldenEye 007 Wii, Dungeon Fighter Online, and Shaun White Skateboarding. Read more »