Shoot 'em down!~
If you like shmups, here are some sort of recent ones that you shouldn't miss:
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Mouse No. Probably A Rat.
This is a parody of the game Squid Yes! Not So Octopus! (which is also a great shmup), and a good one at that. It was made within a few hours for a competition hosted by The Poppenkast.
I recorded one of my playing sessions in this game (quality turned out a bit bad, so I had to speed it up by 2x and add different music) which you can watch here if you'd like.
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StopHappyMonsters
This shmup is super hard and a bit unfair (in my opinion anyway), but the colours and style are so cheerful, and I get so much satisfaction from blasting the happy monsters, that I just can't help loving this one.
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How My Grandfather Won The War
Scattle had me check this one out. Another entry for Casual Gameplay Design Competition #6, this shmup has a very appealing visual style, and the concept/gameplay is interesting. You can splash water(?) on the playing field to change the surroundings and hazardous objects. The presentation is incredible for a flash game really, and I just love the real-life cut and paste style.

New Playthrough~
So I did a new playthrough vid and uploaded it to Youtube, this time for a game called Streambolt Desero. Great little (apparently unfinished?) run and gun platformer with a nice variety of skills/moves. Check it out here.
The game itself is a little hard to find since the owner seems to have removed the hosted file from his site, but you can find it available on a few other sites if you google it.