Peggle - a reason to run Windows
I think I'm addicted to Peggle - I wonder are there any voluntary organisations out there that can help me?
This game is just amazing - it won me over in the first 5 minutes of playing and now has me completely hooked. Seriously, whoever thought of zooming in on that last peg in slow motion and blasting out Beethoven with appropriate amounts of fireworks and rainbows in the background should be given a large pay-rise. Even the "loading..." screen is classy.
Peggle is a marvelous game, the best €20 I've spent in a while: find a Windows PC and go play it!
Having said that, I'd really love to see this game get ported to Java so I could run it on Solaris, I'd even pay double for the privilege - any chance of that Popcap? (and yes, I've already bought a copy to run on my in-laws PC here in Carrickfergus!)
Oh, and in case it wasn't clear from my post, Peggle and first-person shooters are pretty much the only reasons to use Windows, in my book :-)
Posted by Tim Foster on April 28, 2007 at 10:05 PM IST #
Does Sun marketing dictate Sun employees have to push Java? Java stinks. Don't you people realize lots of your customer hate it - especially the sysadmins?
Posted by UX-admin on April 29, 2007 at 05:53 PM IST #
I've seen some wonderful applications written in Java - and some really god-awful crappy ones ones as well (sdtaudiocontrol anyone?) You can write bad code in any language.
The FrozenBubble port to Java I think proves that a Java implementation can be just as good as it's original C version. And no, Sun marketing isn't pushing me to do anything.
Posted by Tim Foster on April 30, 2007 at 08:57 AM IST #
Posted by Tim Foster on April 30, 2007 at 08:59 AM IST #
Dear Peggle Enthusiast,
We’ve come across your love of Peggle on the internet and we’d like to thank you for sharing your enthusiasm with the world. It’s exciting to see your positive reaction to our favorite peg-popping pastime!
In return for blogging about Peggle, we thought you’d be the perfect candidate to join our new invite-only blogger notification group. Joining this select group will allow you access to exclusive content concerning Peggle and the rest of our games before anyone else! This group is just beginning to grow, and we’d really like for you to be one of the inaugural members! To further demonstrate our appreciation for your efforts, we’d like to make sure you’re getting your Peggle fix in every way possible. We’ve created a special code for you to download the full version of Peggle Extreme for free! This Extreme version of Peggle delivers the same fast paced puzzle action as its counterpart, with the addition of imagery and sounds from the shooter/adventure game Half-Life 2: Episode 2; no actual blood or acts of violence are depicted, however. If this Pegglesome itch is already satisfied, we also have new versions of Peggle for your Mac or iPod- just let us know which one you’d prefer and we’ll send it along ( you can always gift your free copy to someone else…:).
Again, thank you for your enthusiastic support and please let us know (by responding to this comment) if you’d like to join our blogger group!
Sincerely,
Xuyen Nguyen
Community Relations Specialist
Posted by Xuyen Nguyen on February 12, 2008 at 10:04 PM GMT #
Sure - pop me on the list. So when's the Java port happening then - the current version of Peggle on my Mac runs fine, but I'd *really* like to see it on OpenSolaris as well!
Posted by Tim Foster on February 14, 2008 at 05:04 PM GMT #
i'd like to join Please
Posted by lunncal on February 18, 2008 at 07:26 PM GMT #
Hi Tim,
Welcome to our Peggle Blogger Group! Again, thanks for joining and I have got an exclusive offer
for you!
We'd like to know if in the next 2-3 weeks, you would be interested in reviewing a product related to Peggle. This is a new product and we would love to know your opinion of it.
If you are interested, let me know, I will send out an NDA for you to sign and we will get the ball rolling!
Thanks,
Xuyen Nguyen
Community Relations Specialist
Also, if you could provide me with your email address, that would be great. I would rather e-mail you than leave comments on your blog ;)
Posted by Xuyen Nguyen on March 10, 2008 at 11:01 PM GMT #
tim [dot] foster [at] sun [dot] com - I don't own a copy of Windows btw, but anything Java based would be wonderful.
Posted by Tim Foster on March 26, 2008 at 10:09 AM GMT #
Peggle game on iPod has even more fun. Try it!!
Posted by peggle game on September 08, 2008 at 11:48 AM IST #