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Jigsaw Detective Case #60: Case of the Colliding Cases has been released. You can track your rank progress in Jigsaw Detective and other games using our badge tracker.

Katrisse wrote in this morning to let us know that in addition to today’s other release, Mini Awards were added for Penguin Blocks and Monopoly Slots. In addition, the missing World Class Solitaire and KenoPop! Mini Awards have been re-added to the site as well!

For more information on all of the in-game awards available, check out our Mini Awards page.

Crossword Cove is here! We suggest reading the How to Play in order to learn the controls (for example you can switch from horizontal to vertical clues by hitting the spacebar).

This is a daily game, and the answers going back all the way to May 1st will be here (share it with your friends!):

http://badgehungry.com/crossword

If you have any hints or tips on this game, or if you’d just like to talk about it, feel free to post a comment below!

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While the Mini Awards for World Class Solitaire were not returned to the site today, the awards for Crazy Cakes are back up and new awards have been added for Boardwalk Sea Ball!

As you can see, the dolphin goodie is available at rank 3, the Sea King goodie is awarded at rank 5, and the fantastic boardwalk background is available at rank 8. Go pick up your awards for Boardwalk Sea Ball today!

For information on all of the Mini Awards available currently, visit our Mini Awards page.

Thanks to Kathy, who is always providing us with the latest and greatest happenings in Pogoland! Thank you so, so much!

The Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album was released last night. (Thanks @doctorx316 for sending in the tip while we were snoozing!) According to Pogo, this album is all about traveling the open road: “Tou love the open road. You love the wind in your hair and the surprises that wait for you around the next bend. Desert or mountains, near or far, these badges celebrate your spirit of adventure!” This one will cost you $5.99 (or 86 gems). Take a look at the badges:

Yahtzee Party! – Ready to Roll Badge
Roll 2 Yahtzees with ‘twos’ in 20 hours!

Yahtzee Party! – Rolls of the Road Badge
Play 10 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 10 days! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Pie for a Pie Badge
Make the goal on 4 random quizzes in 2 hours!

World Class Solitaire – World Class Canyon Badge
Complete 2 World Tours in 30 days! (To complete a World Tour, circle the globe and fly past the city where you started)

Canasta – Melded Mail Badge
Meld out before your opponent 5 times in 1 day!

Payday FreeCell – Solitaire Sanctum Badge
Get 50 or more Bonus Points in a Payday Scratch Bonus Card 20 times in 2 weeks! (Win the game to collect your bonus points)

Phlinx – Egyptian Sky Badge
Win 50 rounds in 8 days!

Ali Baba Slots – Desert Rain Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Blue Sapphires 10 times in 10 days!

Mahjong Garden – Garden Gates Badge
Complete 20 animals on Medium difficulty level using the ‘Animal’ puzzle set in 20 days!

Tumble Bees – Private Picnic Badge
Spell 100 words in 1 day!

Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album Completion Badge

What do you think of the difficulty level of this album? Did you find yourself using any tricks you can share with others to get these badges faster? Leave a comment below!

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This post was originally written and published on 6/29/09, however it’s long since fallen off our home page and several people have inquired about the beta since, so we’re bumping it up. In addition, the beta test signups were announced on Twitter earlier today.

Open the floodgates! The application for the next round of Pogo Beta Testing is up. Good luck on getting in!

Here’s some more information if you’re unsure about what Beta is, or how it works:

For those who are unfamiliar with the site and how the Program works, here’s a little overview. The games that you will be playing and testing on this site will be games in development, meaning they’re typically full of bugs and not ready to be released to the general public. With your help, the Pogo team will try to fix all the bugs and make the games as fun and “playable” as possible. As a member of the Beta Program, we will ask you to file bugs and provide suggestions.

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From time to time we may hold a Frag. A Frag is a special event where as many players as possible get together to play a game at the same time. Holding Frags allows us to test how well the game holds up to a lot of people playing at the same time. It also is a great opportunity for us to get feedback from the group as players use the chat window to talk about the game.

This session will be run by Pogo Bret, who also runs Pogo’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Hopefully, it’ll be as organized as the fun betas of (many) years past and we’ll actually get to participate in a frag again!

July 2009’s Mix-n-Match badges have been released. They cost 16 gems each.

Bingo Luau – Umbrella Drink Badge
Get 25 bingos in 20 days!

Cribbage – Double Run Badge
Win 2 121-point games in 2 days!

Dominoes – Domino Delivery Badge
Win a game by 25 or more points 3 times in 2 weeks!

First Class Solitaire – First Class Meal Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 1 day! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Hearts – Heartbreak Kid Badge
Take EXACTLY ZERO Hearts in a 50-point game 20 times in 20 days!

High Stakes Pool – Too Much Chalk Badge
Win 6 ‘Cutthroat’ games in 6 days!

No Limit Texas Hold’em – Raise the River Badge
Win 2 hands with a Full House or better in 1 week!

Pinochle – Grand Piano Badge
Create 15 Pinochles in 15 days! (Meld the Jack of Diamonds and the Queen of Spades)

SCRABBLE – Rocket for 12 Points Badge
Earn 40 Triple Letter Score Bonuses in 2 weeks!

Stack ‘em – Animal Ark Badge
Remove 20 or more animals with one move once in 10 days! (This is an Expert Level Badge)

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Temple of the Moon Badge
Win 3 hands IN A ROW in 12 days! (Win the hands before or at the same time you reach the Gold Treasure Chest)

Word Craft – Birds of a Feather Badge
Earn Bonus Tokens 25 times in 8 days! (Solve the puzzle before the timer expires to earn Bonus Tokens)

If you’d like to contribute hints or tips on how to earn any these badges, please post a comment below. (Only on-topic posts will be approved.) Thanks!

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Jigsaw Detective Case #59: The Scottish Case has been released. You can track your rank progress in Jigsaw Detective and other games using our badge tracker.

Celebrate Summer with today’s mini release:

Summer Celebrations!
June 18, 2009

Summer is here, and there are celebrations to be had, and new clothes to wear!

You’ll find Fourth of July supplies, and Canada Day items, and very cool summer wear, including swimwear!

This is a small release, with just about two pages of items. There are swimsuits for both sexes and enough stuff for your Mini to celebrate Independence Day!