Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[QWOP to bring awkward shuffling to Android]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/qwop-brings-awkward-shuffling-to-android/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/qwop-brings-awkward-shuffling-to-android/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/27/qwop-brings-awkward-shuffling-to-android/#comments Popular frustrate-em-up QWOP is making its way to Android, courtesy of Noodlecake Studios. Created by Bennett Foddy, QWOP is a notoriously difficult game tasking players with controlling an Olympic sprinter and trying to get him more than a few inches from the starting line without falling flat on his face.

Noodlecake is responsible for the physics-based iOS and Android golf series Super Stickman Golf, just one game among many other contributions. According to a tweet from Noodlecake, the Android port of QWOP will be available in "the coming months."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidbennett-foddymobilenoodelcake-gamesqwopWed, 27 Feb 2013 21:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Competitive bumbling now available in two-player QWOP]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/competitive-bumbling-now-available-in-two-player-qwop/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/competitive-bumbling-now-available-in-two-player-qwop/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/16/competitive-bumbling-now-available-in-two-player-qwop/#comments Yes, it's true. You can share the experience of not being able to walk at all with a friend or bitter rival, in a new two-player version of Bennett Foddy's footrace to the bottom, QWOP. Following last Sunday's showing at Juegos Rancheros, Foddy has released the competitive browser game online.

The game suggests a second keyboard "for best results," but both players can actually share a single keyboard. This is a much more awkward situation, and thus seems more appropriate.

JoystiqCompetitive bumbling now available in two-player QWOP originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>2qwopbennett-foddybrowserpcqwopThu, 16 Feb 2012 10:10:00 EST<![CDATA[Play GIRP on dance pads, two-player QWOP in Austin this weekend]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/08/play-girp-on-dance-pads-two-player-qwop-in-austin-this-weekend/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/08/play-girp-on-dance-pads-two-player-qwop-in-austin-this-weekend/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/08/play-girp-on-dance-pads-two-player-qwop-in-austin-this-weekend/#comments
This is going to be really embarrassing, and potentially painful. This Sunday the Austin game collective, Juegos Rancheros, will host the Foddy Winter Olympics, featuring new and bizarre versions of Bennett Foddy's finger-twisting games.

You'll be able to face off against a friend in a race to the ground in two-player QWOP. You'll experience the climbing game GIRP turned into a Twister-like experience in Mega GIRP, a new version by Johann Sebastian Joust creator Doug Wilson that uses four dance pads for the controls. You'll also be frustrated by other Foddy creations, including Poleriders and Winner vs. Loser.

This is going to be the angriest party.

JoystiqPlay GIRP on dance pads, two-player QWOP in Austin this weekend originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>austinbennett-foddygirpjuegos-rancherosmega-girppcqwopWed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Poleriders: The new browser game from QWOP creator]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/poleriders-the-new-browser-game-from-qwop-creator/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/poleriders-the-new-browser-game-from-qwop-creator/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/poleriders-the-new-browser-game-from-qwop-creator/#comments If you've just finished Dark Souls and are looking for an entirely new method of torturing yourself through video games, this new project from QWOP developer Bennet Foddy should suit your needs quite well. It's called Poleriders, and it's a competitive, two-player pole vaulting game. Only, instead of trying to use a pole to clear a raised bar, you're trying to either kick a ball through your opponent's goal, or kick your opponent's head, which is also tantalizingly ball-shaped.

Truth be told, we didn't find it nearly as difficult as QWOP -- though, we suppose difficulty will change based on the relative pole vaulting skill of your adversary. Vaulting against your roommate? No problem. Vaulting against four-time US Nation Outdoor Champion vaulter Jeff Hartwig? Well then, buster, you're in for a world of hurt.

JoystiqPoleriders: The new browser game from QWOP creator originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>browserbrowser-basedflashfoddypcpoleridersqwopWed, 09 Nov 2011 01:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Best of the Rest: Justin's Picks of 2009]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/03/best-of-the-rest-justins-picks-of-2009/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/03/best-of-the-rest-justins-picks-of-2009/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/03/best-of-the-rest-justins-picks-of-2009/#comments
Time Gentlemen, Please
This was hands-down the funniest game released in 2009, and 2009 was a year in which we got a new Tim Schafer game and the return of the Monkey Island series, so that's saying something. If you missed out, please go buy it, it's cheap as can be and a true delight.

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JoystiqBest of the Rest: Justin's Picks of 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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