It’s been a great month for games so far, here are some of our faves.

Critter Crunch is a *beautiful* Magical Drop-style puzzle game for PS3.  The attention to detail is spectacular, and the game is a blast to play.  Check out the demo available tomorrow (10/22) on PSN.  Great job Capybara! $6.99 on PSN. (Full disclosure: the gang at Capybara are friends of ours and are super awesome people.)

On the other side of the spectrum, Loren Schmidt’s Star Guard is an uber low-res platformer in a CGA color palette.  Old school run/jump/shoot gameplay, great presentation. A free download for PC and Mac.  (If you prefer joystick control, check out JoyToKey).

Arkedo’s JUMP!, a Xbox360 Indie Game is another retro-style game, and is retro-style HARD. 30 levels to get through, lots of coins/diamonds/1ups to collect along the way, and no continues.  Hurts so good (if you’re into that sort of thing.)  240pts on XBLA.