by Lura on November 5, 2009
I love it when random items appear in our Mini’s closets. Quite often they’re a mistake (anyone remember the Robo-Blender 5000 from Word Riot, which made its appearance in our closets not just incorrectly but really early?), but they’re still fun.
Today we got two “Freebie” items, which we’d last seen in the recent colossal sneak peek at upcoming mini award items. Behold:
I don’t really know how or why these magically appeared in my closet (like many others, I haven’t played either Shuffle Bump or Dice Derby in months), but I’m definitely not going to be a Puck Head and complain!
We know there are many more of these items, so where are they now and how are the rest going to be awarded? Only time (and Pogo) will tell!
by Lura on November 5, 2009
The Thanksgiving Mini items have been released this year! There are almost two pages of items to choose from, including an awesome baked potato costume and a Siberian tiger pet.
Giving Thanks for Thanksgiving!
November 5, 2009
Whet your appetite for the big upcoming holiday with Thanksgiving themed Mini backgrounds, goodies and more!
Be sure to check out some of the backgrounds that pay tribute to the Native Americans and nature!
And don’t miss out on Allie, the Siberian Tiger! She’s the Pet of the Month for November!
by Lura on October 22, 2009
Soon, you’ll be able to give more kinds of gifts to your friends via Pogo! Currently the only “gifts” we can give are Premium Badge Albums, but Pogo is going to be implementing a whole My Gifts section where you can give and see what you’ve received. You’ll be able to give Mini items, Premium Badge Albums, and Mix-n-Match badges to your friends. It’ll show you exactly what you’ve received too, and who gave it to you.
In the Mini Mall, for example, you’ll be able to select “Give as a Gift” (in addition to “Try” or “Add” to your cart) and it’ll stick the item in your Gift cart. You then choose your recipient and send away! It appears as if you’ll be able to send items worth tokens and gems, though that may change in the future.
Let’s hope Pogo gets this neat feature up and running before Christmas, I suspect a lot of people’s shopping lists will be shortened considerably if they could easily gift tons of mini items and mix-n-match badges to their Pogo friends!
Do you think you’ll use this feature? Do you like the idea of now being able to gift more than just PBAs? What else would you want to gift to your friends?
by Lura on October 15, 2009
Check out the Mini Mall today for some new items to celebrate Fall, including some new clothes!
Autumn Colors and Fall Fashion!
The leaves are turning red, yellow, orange and gold, and with your Mini in the picture, it’s a sight to behold!
Check out the gorgeous Backgrounds, the fun Goodies, and of course, dahlings– the clothes!
by Lura on October 13, 2009
If you’d like to scare up some fun later today, join the Amazing Mini Halloween event in Spooky Slots!
Find out more about this event, including some tips on how to participate and — even more exciting — tips from the judges themselves on how to get your mini chosen for Pogo’s Amazing Mini hot shots.
WHEN? Tuesday October 13 at 3:00PM Pacific (4PM MDT, 5PM CDT, 6PM EDT, 11PM BST)
WHERE? Spooky Slots in the rooms “Ze Amazing Mini Halloween 1″ through “Ze Amazing Mini Halloween 24″
by Lura on October 12, 2009
We weren’t kidding when we said Pogo’s graphic artists have been busy busy busy making items for our minis! Here’s a gigantic sneak peek of some upcoming mini awards we’ll be able to earn in-game.
Mini Award Backgrounds for: Stellar Sweeper, Squelchies, Harvest Mania, Word Search Daily, Casino Island Blackjack, Pinochle, Dice Derby, Wonderland Memories, Word Jong, and Phlinx(?).
And here are some items of clothing (there are both male and female versions of these, but the female versions are shown below):
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by Lura on October 12, 2009
The graphic artists at Pogo have been busy creating a lot of artwork for our minis. Recently, the following images were created.
Please note: while sometimes game-related mini items may mean a game is going to be deluxe, this is not a deluxe game. In addition, these are not mini awards that will be awarded in game. Right now, they appear to be mini items that will be released either in coordination or shortly after the release of the game. (Pogo did this with Trivial Pursuit last year.)
Puck’s Peak-related Mini items: background, goodie, and costume:
These images may give us a hint to gameplay as well. What do you think?
by Lura on October 1, 2009
Pogo has added this year’s full Halloween release to the Mini Mall. There are several pages of items old and new to choose from so every mini should be able to find something he or she likes, no matter how discerning their tastes!
You can feel it in the air… Halloween is near! And the Mini Mall has just the All-Hallow’s Eve supplies you need!
You’ll find delicious and devilish costumes, frightful and funny backgrounds, and plenty of garish and goodly goodies!
And PETS! Make sure you visit the Pet Center to meet Joe, the Magic Mutt, and some of his other newfound friends! And don’t forget Joe, the Magic Mutt! He’s magic, irresistable, and he’s the Pet of the Month!
by Lura on September 22, 2009
Pogo gave us a Tuesday Mini Mall release today in the form of a re-release of some of the hottest items from this year. Combine that with the stuff that has been on sale as part of their 10th anniversary sale, there are some nice deals to be had in the Mini Mall these days! (Thanks Colin!)
Also, I updated everyone about this on the BadgeHungry Twitter earlier today, but Pogo also prematurely released four of the new Halloween backgrounds as well!
by Lura on September 17, 2009
Halloween is just around the corner (5 weeks or so left) and Pogo is busy working behind the scenes to prepare!
First of all, Spooky Slots is coming back again this year but we don’t know when, or if they’ll be adding more ranks and badges yet. (Check out the current 10 ranks and 1 badge for Spooky Slots.) We’re scouring our sources to find out, and we’ll let you know if we hear anything at all.
They’ve got the 2009 Halloween Limited Edition Badge ready to go — it’ll cost 28 gems and will be available sometime in October until November 1st.
Spooky Slots – 2009 Halloween Limited Edition Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Spiders 5 times in 1 day!
Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.
There will also be some very spoooooky things afoot at the Mini Mall! Check out this small sampling of the many items that will be added this year (in addition to some older re-releases from past Halloweens):
