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The practical use of Pogo Stickers

Lorne Whiting — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:12:00 +0000

Pogo Sticker is one of those games that will make you rip your scalp off after a while, but you keep coming back to it anyway.

You play either a short red guy (more likely a carpenter then a plumber!) or a tall green guy. The green guy is more phallic, so I assume he’ll be the character most of our readers will play as! The task that’s befallen you is to jump through viciously difficult obstacle courses which usually ends up with your skull being crushed by the ceiling, because you decided to jump over all the obstacles instead of doing it the slow way.

Though, if you do things the slow way, you won’t get those wicked electrical lollipop prizes. And lemme tell you, those things are BADASS. I mean, seriously, candy that shoots lightning?

After a year of on-and-off playing I had finally gotten Megathor Pops on all but ONE of the courses. “The Hill”, I think it was called. GOD that level sucked. I couldn’t get higher then a green, which is the SUCKIEST lollipop. In more ways then one, since it’s probably the only one you’d be able to eat easily.

But alas, the game is fun. And it’s got alot of longevity, unless you happen to be frighteningly great at approximating virtual physics. Plus the characters and plot are really deep once you get into it… though I wish some more questions were answered at the end, like “why do these carpenter brothers wish for so many demonic candy items?”

All in all, it’s a fun game and great for wasting time, but you’ll need to take lots of breaks or you’ll end up throwing your mouse at a wall. That wall over to the right, you know, with the poster of a slutty woman on it?

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by Phasma Felis

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:25:55 +0000

Dunno if anyone’s still reading this, but it should have OS X and Linux tags as well…

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by Neon

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:31:20 +0000

I love this game, it’s simple and the controls are great. The simplistic graphics and music serve their purpose and don’t get annoying. The only problem i had with this game was level 11. i tried probably 200 times or more.

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by Javet

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:21:39 +0000

Haha. I reminded you about this game.

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by theSamo

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:28:26 +0000

man, I spent hours on that one a couple of years ago. A tryly amazing game that will drive you mad… in the same spirit of xmoto.

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by skrew

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:54:28 +0000

Good game. Great write-up.

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by Eclipse

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:39:25 +0000

truly original characters… Heh.

I think it’s a mediocre game also for that

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by !CE-9

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:42:30 +0000

I wanted to ask that. Now I also want to ask what’s with these game developers’ fetish for short and tall guys in red and green plumbers’ outfits?

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by 21GP

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:35:00 +0000

The green guy is more phallic, so I assume he’ll be the character most of our readers will play as!

WHAT ARE YOU INSUITATING?

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by Paroxysm

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:55:59 +0000

This game drove me mad.

But it was awesome till I snapped.

"The practical use of Pogo Stickers" by King-N

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:38:48 +0000

Sounds like fun. I think I’ll give it a go.