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EA Pogos Onto Mobile

Electronic Arts' casual gaming network, Pogo, makes its mobile debut with three puzzle games. We round them all up in this convenient feature.

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By Steve Palley

Electronic Arts, the world's largest video game publisher, is already a commanding presence in the console and PC game markets, but it's not content to stop there. Regardless of their business, companies of EA's size are always looking for promising industries to expand into--and online casual games and mobile games definitely qualify. Pogo.com, EA's casual gaming channel, has grown into one of the top casual game hubs on the Internet, thanks to its huge selection of games and its drawings for cash prizes. Pogo offers a bucketload of the most popular licensed casual games, like Zuma, Luxor, and WordWhomp, as well as other sports and action games based on EA's console and PC properties, such as Command & Conquer.

Club Pogo, the pay service, offers community features and exclusive game content, but everything on the basic site is free once you create an account, and the tokens you earn can be used to purchase raffle tickets for daily, weekly, and monthly cash drawings. We're not talking about lame-o gift certificates, folks; if you win the monthly drawing, you'll be $1,000 richer. EA would probably prefer that you reinvest your prize money in its console and PC games, but it doesn't seem to be required.

Pogo Mobile, an important component of EA's oft-discussed mobile strategy, makes its debut this week on Verizon Wireless, with more carriers to follow. If you have an existing Pogo account, the mobile versions let you plug right in and satisfy your casual gaming addiction during your commute or lunch. This means that it doesn't matter if you're playing Pogo games on your phone or on your PC; the time spent on both will earn tokens for your existing Pogo account.

We've reviewed the three launch titles, Poppit!, Tri-Peaks Solitaire, and Turbo 21, so you can download with confidence.


Poppit!

Poppit!, a simple balloon-popping game that happens to be the most popular game on EA's Pogo casual games site, is functionally no different from the other dozen or so Elimimatch clones on mobile--you match groups of like-colored objects to get rid of them. That said, this casual offering's connectivity with the larger Pogo network, which offers raffle drawings and prizes, makes it immediately more compelling than most of the competition.
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Tri-Peaks Solitaire

The game's appearance is simple, but it's good enough. You are treated to little animations of your archaeologist between games, and it's easy to see and play the game on the LG VX6100. The sound effects reflect the movement of the cards and the jingle of coins falling into your token total.
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Turbo 21

The game's strength is the facility with which it can be picked up or put aside. Each game lasts just over a minute, which doesn't constitute a major time investment for most people. The game is instantly reinforcing, and you have the potential to drastically improve your playing almost right away.
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