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Pogo has released a new course in Mini Golf Madness called “Creature Feature”. This is the October-themed course (it’s described as “Creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and all-together ooky!”) and is rated a Hard difficulty level.

If you need some help on this course, HomelessDog has submitted some hole-in-one screenshots!

FYI: The badge album doesn’t show the course badge for this one yet. Is it even available? Will it be? Only time will tell.

Update 10/20/09: The course badge for Creature Feature has been released. You can view this badge and all of the other badges available for this game at our Mini Golf Madness Ranks and Badges page.

Creature Feature Course Badge

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The 2009 Halloween Limited Edition badge has been released. This one will set you back 28 gems:

Spooky Slots – 2009 Halloween Limited Edition Badge
Win 500 tokens from the Free Spin Bonus in 3 days! (The Free Spin Bonus is triggered when the Ghost symbol stops on the reels) Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Just FYI, the original requirements for this badge were “Spin the reels to get 3 Spiders 5 times in 1 day!” Thankfully Pogo decided to loosen up a little bit and make this based on the free spin bonus and not 3 spiders which probably would have been near impossible!

Don’t forget to check out our Upcoming Badges page for a preview of the Halloween weekend challenge coming up later this month!

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Earlier this week, Pogo launched the latest redesign of their free home page. (If you’re a Club Pogo member and want to check it out, just sign out for a little bit and browse around. It’s pretty spiffy.) They’ve also posted an overview to explain the basics of the new site and a detailed look at some of the new tabs and features.

This doesn’t affect most of you, as the majority of BadgeHungry readers are Club Pogo members, but there is something you should be aware of. From this week’s UK Letters to the Editor:

our new Free Pogo homepage is the first stage of an enormous project to give the free site – and, eventually, Club Pogo – a serious make-over. Club Pogo is probably the most important to get absolutely perfect, so comes in the latter stages of the project, which runs well into next year. The emphasis is really on making Pogo as user-friendly and visually pleasing as possible, so we’ve spent a lot of time collecting feedback and ideas from Pogo players.

Sometime next year Club Pogo will be getting a makeover too. Most likely it’ll coordinate and fall in line with the free Pogo homepage and accompanying pages. (Think: similar colors and layout, no ads, and more focus on badges.)

What do you think of the redesigned free homepage? Do you think Club Pogo will benefit from a similar organization scheme?
Whether or not you’re a free or Club Pogo member, feel free to chime in on these changes in a comment below.

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Today Pogo released the Out of this World Premium Badge Album. It costs $5.99 or 86 gems. (All of these challenges contain the number 51, as in Area 51.)

Click to view animated badges and challenges

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Jigsaw Detective Case #62: Old Debts has been released. You can track your rank progress in Jigsaw Detective and other games using our badge tracker.

Aces Up! – Wing Walker Badge
Remove 500 cards in 3 hours! (Cards removed by planes do not count. Finish the game to check your progress.)

Addiction Solitaire – Bobbling Volcano Badge
Collect 100 Pogo Buddies in 2 weeks!

Crossword Cove – Lil’ Crabby Badge
Successfully complete 2 puzzles on Medium difficulty level in 12 hours! (Puzzles you have previously attempted will not count)

Harvest Mania – Bloomin’ Onion Badge
Win 7,000 tokens in 7 days! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Hog Heaven Slots – Spooky Hogs Badge
Get 5 Jackpot Spins in 2 weeks!

Jungle Gin – Tickle Me Tiki Badge
Win 10 hands in 2 days!

Lottso! – Need Lots o’ Sleep Badge
Activate 40 gold-bordered cards in 8 days! (Super Lottso cards do not count)

Phlinx – Glowing Glyph Badge
Win 50 rounds in 5 days!

Quick Quack – Duck Disguise Badge
Earn 20,000 Quick Quack tickets (not tokens) in 2 weeks!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Dark and Stormy Night Badge
Win 10 games on Normal difficulty level or higher in 3 days!

Trivial Pursuit – Patience Pie Badge
Earn wedges on 4 daily or calendar quizzes in 1 day! (Waiting is the hardest part…)

Word Whomp – Turnip Juice Badge
Find 600 3-letter words in 10 days!

Leave your hints and tips on how to earn these badges in the comments below. Thanks!

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Continuing the celebration of their 10th anniversary, Pogo has released the Pogo Turns 10 Premium Badge Album. It’s available for $5.99 (or 86 gems) and contains the following challenges/badges:

Poppit! – Pop Ten Badge
Release 10 Stumpy McDeal prizes in 10 days! (Stumpy has a blue shirt, red shoes and big mustache)
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Word Whomp – Gifted Gophers Badge
Find 10 6-letter words in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2001 tokens!

First Class Solitaire – Skywriter Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2002 tokens!

Jungle Gin – Gin and Tongue It Badge
Go gin 10 times in 10 days! (Knock with no deadwood in your head to go gin)
Win this badge plus 2003 tokens!

Mahjong Garden – Monkey See, Monkey Fu Badge
End the game while in Autumn season 10 times in 10 days! (Make an exact match for 2 Autumn tiles before you finish each game.)
Win this badge plus 2004 tokens!

Stack ‘em – Stack-crobats Badge
Remove 10 or more animals with one move 10 times in 10 days! (You’ll receive credit only for your biggest group in each game)
Win this badge plus 2005 tokens!

Hog Heaven Slots – Hog Heaven Rain Badge
Use 10 halos in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2006 tokens!

Thousand Island Solitaire – Sail and Celebrate Badge
Reach 10 treasure chests in 10 days! (Match the number to the left of your stack of cards to reach a chest)
Win this badge plus 2007 tokens!

Everyone Wins Bingo – Pogo Picnic Badge
Call 10 diagonal bingos in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2008 tokens!

Lottso! Express – Extravagant Expression Badge
Complete 10 Mega Lottso cards in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2009 tokens!

Album Completion Badge

Cute fact: the amount of tokens you earn for completing each badge is the year the game itself was released.

If you’d like to discuss this album or the challenges in it, please leave your hints and tips below. Thanks!

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Pogo has released September 2009’s Mix-n-Match badges and challenges. Each of these twelve badges will cost you 16 gems:

BOGGLE Bash – Cubicle Badge
Find 64 words of 5-letter or longer in 5 hours!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Blackjack Carnival – Feathered Mask Badge
Get 21 Blackjacks in 12 days! (A Blackjack is a 21 with only 2 cards)
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Crazy Cakes – Side of Bakin’ Badge
Serve 100 Dwarves in 12 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Everyone Wins Bingo – Happy Squirrel Badge
Reach the Team Goal 20 times in 2 days!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

Fortune Bingo – Cracked Crystal Badge
Win 500 tokens in 5 days! (Includes Jackpot Spins)
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Golf Solitaire – Water Hazard Badge
Clear 13 Hazards in 13 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Jigsaw Detective – Detective Agency Badge
Solve 15 puzzles in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Mahjong Garden – White Dragon’s Badge
Match 50 White Dragon tiles in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

Monopoly Slots – House Hunting Badge
Land on Chance once in 2 weeks!
Win this badge plus 4,000 tokens.

Perfect Pair Solitaire – Rock the Boat Badge
Collect 30 Hearts in 1 Day! (Win the game to collect your hearts)
Win this badge plus 1,000 tokens.

Thousand Island Solitaire – J.P.’s Outpost Badge
Get 5 Jackpots Spins in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

Tumble Bees – Happy Hive Badge
Get 30 tokens or more in a Jackpot Spin 7 times in 3 days!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Also, look for Pogo’s 10th anniversary special edition badge to be released later this month. It’s an animated super badge which will cost 28 gems.

Feel free to discuss these badges and challenges in the comments below.

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Today, after saying it was “coming soon” since July 17th, Pogo has “soft released” Mini Golf Madness — there may be bugs and problems with the game for a few days or longer.

This miniature golf game has 50 ranks and nineteen badges (yes, NINETEEN) you can earn in the future (only four of the course badges are active as of the time of this post, the rest will be added with new courses monthly).

There are five rank badges (available at ranks 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50), two in-game achievement badges, and twelve “course” badges (you may only be able to win four at this time, we’ll keep you posted when we figure out the details).

Rank Badges

Rank 10

Rank 20

Rank 30

Rank 40

Rank 50

In-Game Achievement Badges

Bird’s Eye Badge – Complete 99 holes under Par to earn this badge

One-Hit Wonder Badge – Make 50 Holes-in-One to earn this badge

Twelve Course Badges

Please leave your thoughts, tips, hints, impressions, opinions, and comments on this new game below!

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