PAX 10 announced, features an all-stars of indie gaming selection

by Ben Gilbert { Jul 16th 2009 at 7:45PM }

With PAX 2009 just under two months away, the folks organizing the Penny Arcade Expo have begun gearing up for the show. How do we know, you ask? Simple: The PAX 10 was announced today, featuring a list of games we'd sorta/kinda heard of before.

Since we're so cool and totally knew about all these games before anyone else did (yeah right), we're a bit nonplussed by this year's PAX 10 winners. Hell, we even have Fieldrunners running on our giant, collective iPhone right now. Seriously! Okay, fine, we only knew that one ...

CarneyVale: Showtime by the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Games Lab (Xbox 360)
Closure by Tyler Glaiel and Jon Schubbe (PC)
Fieldrunners by Subatomic Studios (iPhone/iPod touch)
Liight by Studio Walljump (Wii)
Machinarium by Amanita Design (PC)
Osmos by Hemisphere Games (PC)
Puzzle Bloom by Team Shotgun (PC)
Tag: The Power of Paint by Tag Team (PC)
Trino by Trinoteam (Xbox 360)
What is Bothering Carl? by Story Fort (PC)

Tags: carneyvale, closure, fieldrunners, liight, machinarium, osmos, pax, pax-10, pax-2009, penny-arcade, penny-arcade-expo, puzzle-bloom, tag-the-power-of-paint, trino, what-is-bothering-carl

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Jul 16th 2009 7:50PM

what *IS* bothering Carl?

My guess, hemorrhoids.

ArchiGamer [thephilosophyofgames.wordpress.com] @ Jul 16th 2009 7:52PM

My guess would be a meatball, a shake, and fries.

MystileArmor @ Jul 16th 2009 7:56PM

My guess is coulrophobia.

mr nimblewick @ Jul 16th 2009 7:58PM

Oh man, I want a giant iPhone too.

Ranus Studios @ Jul 16th 2009 8:08PM

Pumped for Machinarium.

Sly @ Jul 16th 2009 8:10PM

i love fieldrunners. it's awesome. i don't see how it'll work on PSP though...

David @ Jul 16th 2009 8:27PM

To say you're "a bit nonplussed" doesn't make too much sense. Are you sure about that?

Ben Gilbert @ Jul 16th 2009 11:49PM

I'm pretty sure. Definition of nonplussed, just for you!

"Main Entry: nonplus
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): nonplussed also nonplused -%u02C8pl%u0259st ; nonplus�sing also nonplus�ing -%u02C8pl%u0259-si%u014B
Date: 1591

: to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do : perplex"

(From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonplussed)

Interestingly, the definition points out "perplex" as a similar word, which is exactly how I'm feeling right now about why I've gone to such lengths to explain why my usage of "nonplussed" was, to the best of my knowledge, correct. Wait, maybe I'm not so perplexed -- just a bit. :D