Comments on: Peggle Inside WoW: World Collapses In On Self

By: Logo

Logo — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:34:58 +0000

Instead of jumping the shark, WoW has instead opted to bounce a peggle ball off of it.

By: DigitalSignalX

DigitalSignalX — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:15:14 +0000

This is stunning, I had no clue you could get Heroin laced Pringles. Is it like a whole can or just the little snack pack thing in vending machines? How will this change PC gaming when Hot Pockets and Cheetos will be forced to make a competing product?

By: Wulf

Wulf — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:20:17 +0000

I’m amazed they didn’t compile the code into encrypted pub files, Blizzard style, I’m amazed that hasn’t happened actually since this is clearly some sort of licensing deal.

The end result is that, after looking over the code (which they did their best to obfuscate, but that’s only a very minor delaying tactic), I can tell you that this would be very, very easy to tamper with. I can see a bunch of people using haxed Peggles to win loot rolls, to further their own greedy ends.

Damn you, Blizzard, damn you for corrupting everything! Peggle was something pure before it landed in Warcraft, now there’ll be a mess of people arguing over whether the next WoW gamer was playing Peggle or Haggle*.

(That’s what I imagine the hacked version of Peggle is going to be called when it’s released.)

TL;DR: PopCap, get those damn games wrapped up in pub files already!

By: mashakos

mashakos — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:04:59 +0000

this is the second time my head was close to exploding. The first was when I heard about corn dogs on TV.

By: Serondal

Serondal — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:25:01 +0000

1) Puzzle Pirates had the forsight to build their entire game around tetris like puzzles, might as well have them sign a deal with Peggle to use it for attacking land based fortress with ships ;P
2) Does this mean from now on instead of having a bunch of idiots begging to duel you all the time in towns you’ll have a thousand peggle duel requests to ignore? )sigh(
3)In Eve you should be able to play asteroids while waiting.

By: plant42

plant42 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:17:10 +0000

As someone else pointed out – this points out almost exactly where the game designers failed. If you need another game to play because the first one has ten minutes of down time, you might want to consider patching up that gameplay hole with something fun, reducing the wait, automating things etc… rather than stuff in another game to relive boredom.

By: theleif

theleif — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:55:27 +0000

This is a pretty old idea. My brain has melted down, but there was a Amiga game that let you play a Space Invader clone while the game was loading.

By: Bardie

Bardie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:54:52 +0000

Mmm… Heroin pringles

By: leelad

leelad — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:36:28 +0000

“Why the heck would one want to play WoW, which normally involves a lot of input, and Peggle, which normally involves a lot of input, simultaneously?”

Flight paths?

It’s also got a function to vanish on ready check in raids

By: Arnulf

Arnulf — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:19:31 +0000

CCP really should take a page from the WoW book.

Playing Bejeweled while mining would be a godsend. Or Peggle… if they must.

But that versus mode and loot roll option, I have to admit that is a kind of integration that’s scary. Also, I’m really tempted to resubscribe.

By: The Hammer

The Hammer — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:56:41 +0000

I have the Bejewelled add-on, but with the light of this news, I’m never using it again. Peggle all the way, baby!

By: DMJ

DMJ — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:26:43 +0000

@MetalCircus: Rest that fevered lump of grey matter. It isn’t bad in and of itself. It’s simply that this is foretold in the Book of Revelations as a portent of the End Times.