THQ's Pass the Pigs in the App Store
Our friends at THQ have sent word that their latest iPhone game, Pass the Pigs, is in the App Store right now. You may have already played this one (and if you haven't, there's an online version to check out for free). Apparently you toss pigs in the air, and get points for however they land, like a strange porcine form of two card poker.Can't say it appeals much to me, but as a game to distract the kids while waiting somewhere with only an iPhone to entertain, it might do the trick. There's even a "Pig's Life" story mode, where you can earn extra disguises for your pigs, and hey, it might even be worth the $4.99 just to see how they tacked a story on to a game of throwing plastic pigs around.
Then again, it probably isn't. But apparently the soundtrack is pretty good.
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Our friends at THQ have sent word that their latest iPhone game, Pass the Pigs, is in the App Store right now. You may have already played...
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If you like this game, you'll love Pigs a Pop'n, the new strategy game from PlayScreen.
link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298807982&mt=8
Pigmania! Ahhhh, we used to get something-something out of our gourds and larf our arses off playing that game.
And I'll bet a dollar it's still better than the iPhlown version, I don't care HOW faithful the recreation is.
There's something about actually, physically manipulating objects that just can't be substituted with 0s and 1s.
wow, pigmania! i haven't seen that game in decades. good to know it's still around. double snouter FTW!
October 29 2008 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replydoh, should've looked first -- i stand corrected! the high-scorer is a double leaning jowler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_the_Pigs
October 29 2008 at 8:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow, I love how someone took the time to toss the pigs 17,581 times and calculate the relative frequencies!
Double Leaning Jowler - 0.0048%
I think I've gotten it once in all of ten years.
When's the NIN TTR coming out? idk what pass the pigs is
October 29 2008 at 7:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDon't dis the pigs. It probably loses something on the iPhone, but the real version is a hoot.
Of course it probably helps that we usually drink beer while playing.
I used to play a game like this when I was a kid as well, except you rolled the pigs out of a cup like Yahtzee. Also, you scored depending on the position they landed as well as if they were touching or landed on each other in certain positions (get your mind out of the gutter). However, these electronic versions look like nothing more than a dice game.
October 29 2008 at 6:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI played this when I was a kid, the game is still around:
http://www.passthepigs.com/
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