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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[This year's PAX 10: JS Joust, Offspring Fling!, Puzzlejuice and more]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-include-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejui/"><img alt="This year's PAX 10 include JS Joust, Offspring Fling!, Puzzlejuice and more" data-src-height="94" data-src-width="530" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/07/pax10graphic.jpg" style="margin:4px" /></a></div>The <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/pax-10">PAX 10</a>, an illustrious group of indie games chosen annually to be spotlighted during PAX Prime in Seattle, have been selected. This year's rarified group include the likes of <em>Johann Sebastian Joust</em>, <em>Offspring Fling!</em> - a game <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/18/super-joystiq-podcast-003-the-last-of-us-diablo-3-torchlight/">we highlighted in length</a> on the Super Joystiq Podcast - and hypnotic iOS darling <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/portabliss-puzzlejuice-ios/"><em>Puzzlejuice</em></a>.<br /><br />Other lesser-known titles include the latest from Cipher Prime, the studio behind <em>Auditorium</em> and <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/02/portabliss-fractal-make-blooms-not-war-ipad/">Fractal</a></em>, a Steam title called <em>Splice</em>, and puzzle games <em>Containment: The Zombie Puzzler</em> and <em>The Bridge</em>. Puzzle-platformer <em>The Swapper</em> is also represented, along with DigiPen's stealth-action game <em>Deity</em> and <em>Catch-22</em>. Turtle Sandbox's action-strategy hybrid <em>Cannon Brawl</em> rounds out the list of ten.<br /><br />All PAX 10 titles will be featured in their own special area at this year's PAX Prime, which goes down August 31 through September 2 in downtown Seattle, WA.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/">This year's PAX 10: JS Joust, Offspring Fling!, Puzzlejuice and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20277847/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/13/this-years-pax-10-js-joust-offspring-fling-puzzlejuice-and/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>asher-vollmer</category><category>bootsnake-games</category><category>cannon-brawl</category><category>catch-22</category><category>cipher-prime</category><category>containment-the-zombie-puzzler</category><category>deity</category><category>Die-Gute-Fabrik</category><category>digipen</category><category>facepalm-games</category><category>ios</category><category>ipad</category><category>iphone</category><category>johann-sebastian-joust</category><category>kpulv</category><category>mac</category><category>mango-down</category><category>microsoft</category><category>mobile</category><category>offspring-fling</category><category>pax</category><category>pax-10</category><category>pax-prime-2012</category><category>pc</category><category>puzzlejuice</category><category>splice</category><category>the-bridge</category><category>the-swapper</category><category>turtle-sandbox</category><category>ty-taylor-and-mario-castaneda</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold the unrelenting cuteness of 'Offspring Fling!']]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/" target="_self"><img  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/03/offspringflingboxart.png" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; display:none;" /></a><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K08WWwP_LGI" width="530"></iframe></div><br />The blurb on the front of <em>Offspring Fling!</em>'s <a href="http://offspringfling.com/soon.html">fake, SNES-inspired box art</a> invites potential players to "experience the thrill of motherhood in this baby throwing adventure," which unsurprisingly is an invitation we're remarkably inclined to accept.<br /><br />Developed by Kyle Pulver and scored by Alec Holowka, <em>Offspring Fling!</em> puts the player in control of a "poor forest creature" who must locate her lost children across 100-plus levels. Once found, said children can be stacked upon the forest creature's head and then tossed about to solve puzzles and defeat enemies. It sounds fairly simple, but as you can tell from the above trailer, things can get a little squirrelly.<br /><br /><em>Offspring Fling!</em> is available for $7.99 on PC and OSX, <a href="http://retroaffect.com/offspringfling/">direct from the game's official website</a>. There's also a playable in-browser demo that we heartily recommend, if only because we want the rest of the world to experience the simple pleasure of picking up one of these tiny little baby-chick-bunny-duckling things.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/">Behold the unrelenting cuteness of 'Offspring Fling!'</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20205754/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/31/behold-the-unrelenting-cuteness-of-offspring-fling/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Alec-Holowka</category><category>indie</category><category>kpulv</category><category>Kyle-Pulver</category><category>mac</category><category>offspring-fling</category><category>pc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>