by BadgeHungry on May 22, 2008
Today bring a few new items to the mini mall, including pants (yay pants!) for our minis. There are also some older spring and summery items that have been re-released. Check ‘em out.
In addition, earlier this week the Mini Mall was (slightly) updated with a few new graphics and new navigation. These new graphics match the new look that is planned in an upcoming Club Pogo homepage redesign. This sets the mall up for the new pet store section. It’ll be a while before this feature is out, but in the meantime check out this header graphic that they’ve created for it:
Click for slightly-larger version of this banner.
by BadgeHungry on May 22, 2008
Hey UK players! Don’t forget that tonight is Bingo Night. Join in the social and earn 6,000 free tokens when you play Bingo Luau. Meet in either “Eyes Down (UK)” or “Legs Eleven (UK)” to socialize from 6 to 7 pm (although playing in any room at any time during the day will get you your tokens.)
by BadgeHungry on May 21, 2008
The I Heart Badges Album is on sale for $2.24 or 32 gems. This album was originally released way back on December 30, 2005. If you haven’t picked it up yet, this might be a good time. It contains the following four challenges:
Lottso! - Scratch ‘n Match Badge
Earn 4,000 Tokens
Texas Hold’em Poker - Armadillo Badge
Win 9 hands with “3 of a kind” or better!
Word Whomp - Golden Word Badge
Reveal the special “golden word” bonus 40 times!
Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Treasure Chest Badge
Get to the gold treasure chest 10 times!
by BadgeHungry on May 21, 2008
Sweet Tooth 2 - 4 Match Badge
Make 100 “4 Match” combos this week!
Chess - Chess Champ Badge
Win 1,000 tokens this week!
This challenge has been decreased from 4,000 tokens to 1,000 tokens; while we are thankful for that, we are still dreading this challenge as folks who are (ahem) less than fanatic about chess in general. We have, however, heard of a great way to reduce the amount of time we’ll be spending playing our least-favorite game. Be warned: we haven’t tested it yet!
By moving the pieces from square to square in the following method while playing against a bot, you’ll win (and earn over 100 tokens):
Play as white (you can resign when you get the “black”/dark brown pieces):
1 Pe2-e4
2 Bf1-b5
3 Pd2-d4
4 g1-f3
5 Bc1-f4
6 Qd1-d2
7 Bf4xh6
8 Qd2xh6
9 f3-g5
10 Qh6-h7
11 Qh7-f7++
(P=Pawn, B=Bishop, Q=Queen — here’s a Chess piece reference)
by BadgeHungry on May 21, 2008
This morning, you may have noticed the addition of Poker Pop to your Card & Board games list on Pogo.
Clicking on the link displays a blank page and as the small snapshot above shows, there are no players in the game. For those of you who thought Pogo had sneaked a new game by us: you’re unfortunately wrong. It’s not even a deluxe game, so no minis or badges.
Pogo Pop is one of those downloadable games that has been ported to Pogo to play in your browser (like Dream Day Wedding, Bejeweled 2, Zuma, et cetera). If you need to know what it’s all about, you can download a free trial of Poker Pop at Big Fish Games. At first glance, it appears to be a cross between poker and mahjong. (Two great tastes that taste great together? Perhaps!)
by BadgeHungry on May 21, 2008
There’s a special edition 4th (of July, we assume) badge coming at the end of June or early July. It features characters from Crazy Cakes, so the challenge will probably be for that game. More details as we get them (of course).
by BadgeHungry on May 20, 2008
The following badges are on sale until June 17.
Word Whomp - Hermie’s Badge (expires 4/21/09)
Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Temple of the Sun Badge (expires 3/17/09)
Lottso! - Juggling Act Badge (expires 2/17/09)
Texas Hold’em Poker - Dealer’s Shuffle Badge (expires 2/17/09)
Texas Hold’em Poker - On the Sly Badge (expires 12/9/08)
Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Unlocking Treasures Badge (expires 11/18/08)
No Limit Texas Hold’em - Groovy Tunes Badge (expires 9/16/08)
Word Whomp - T.N.T. Badge (expires 9/16/08)
Lottso! - Wild Lottso Badge (expires 8/12/08)
Lottso! - Charity Badge (expires 7/15/08)
If you haven’t purchased them, go get ‘em now!
by BadgeHungry on May 20, 2008
Ali Baba Slots is now updated with new graphics, sound, ranks, badges and storyline. (You will recognize the jackpot spin noise from Spooky Slots though, which had us cackling and wishing it were October again.) Unfortunately the ‘nudge’ feature that was originally written into the “How to Play” didn’t make it into the final release, and unlike Spooky Slots, you cannot press the B key to spin. However, like the first release of Spooky Slots, the ranks are hard to come by and the jackpot spins — while equally as tedious to receive — pay out well.
The pay table is a little hard to see at higher resolutions, so here are some screenshots of what you’ll need (the good stuff shows up only on the third spinner):
To progress in rank, get the genie on the line of the spinner.
For a jackpot spin, get the Pogo logo on the line of the spinner.
by BadgeHungry on May 20, 2008
Here are the 7 Mix-n-Match badges and challenges that were released today:
Addiction Solitaire - Spike the Night Light Badge
Win 15 hands in 2 weeks!
Canasta - Canasta Basket Badge
Win 5 games with a “Frozen Pile” in 5 days! (”Players cannot ever pick up the discard pile” must be selected!)
Chess - Royal Spotlight Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW in 3 days!
High Stakes Poker - Pairs on Fire Badge
Win 75 hands with a “2 Pair” or better in 10 days!
Jigsaw Detective - Pulp Detective Badge
Solve a puzzle on MEDIUM difficulty level in 20 minutes or less in 2 days!
Spades - Strong Arm Badge
Win 1 500-point RATED game in 1 week!
Sweet Tooth 2 - Gumball Machine Badge
Make a “Combo X2″ bonus or better 222 times in 2 weeks!
For those of you who have completed all of the Mix-n-Matches before this, you’ll be completing your 8th album with the first badge in this list. Pogo hasn’t created the 8th ’secret’ badge that you are supposed to receive for finishing the Mix-n-Match album, so you won’t get it…yet. However, Pogo reps have assured us that you’ll be automatically awarded the badge once it’s been created.
by BadgeHungry on May 19, 2008
Ali Baba Slots is scheduled to be released tomorrow (and it will replace the old version), but don’t go activating your older badges just yet! From a recent missive from Pogo:
“As part of the replacement of the old version of Ali Baba Slots, there will be an issue with the Magic Lamp, Treasure Trove, and Magic Carpet badge challenges. The issue will be addressed on June 3, so please don’t activate those challenges until then. If you do, you will not be able to make progress until June 3. After June 3, the challenges will work normally.”
