SPOGS Racing slams into WiiWare
Talk about your emotional roller coasters. We spoke just yesterday of our attempts to bring Pogs back into the public consciousness, so a brief glance at this week's WiiWare title, SPOGS Racing (1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points), filled our hearts with glee. But just as we made bids on every eBay Pogs lot we could find we re-read the title and started praying that someone out there was willing to pay more than $23.50 for an Alf Slammer.
So, apparently, SPOGS have nothing to do with Pogs, except in the fact that they're both disc shaped and that you likely have a minimum of interest in them. So ... moving on.
So, apparently, SPOGS have nothing to do with Pogs, except in the fact that they're both disc shaped and that you likely have a minimum of interest in them. So ... moving on.






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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chase @ Jul 7th 2008 10:37AM
Is the Alf Slammer covered with authentic cat hair? If so, sold!
Van Faulk @ Jul 7th 2008 11:04AM
Remember Alf? He's back. In Spog form.
Shagittarius @ Jul 7th 2008 10:58AM
Wow MCElroy is on quite a roll today, being quite snarky and inspired. Someone must have gotten laid this weekend!
Woot!
Shagittarius @ Jul 7th 2008 11:12AM
I use to have an OJ Simpson slammer.
I remember I convinced this girl in school that pogs were actually little hamster like rodents and you used the heavy metal slammers to knock them unconcious and score points.
That was sweet. She thought we were so mean.
Optimus Prime @ Jul 7th 2008 3:27PM
Hahahaha thats hilarious! :D
Kinda reminds me of that scene from Donnie Darko.
"The basement is flooded and there are feces everywhere. What are feces? Baby mice. Awwwwww"
Rocketboy @ Jul 7th 2008 11:18AM
I still want to know, does this game have Loops and or Jumps?
snorkel @ Jul 7th 2008 1:03PM
Yeah.. If only Joystiq had a photo gallery that showed actual screenshots of the game with with cars in the process of doing a loop and or jumping.... If only.........
riggs @ Jul 7th 2008 9:34PM
LMAO^ winner for best sarcasm today.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Jul 7th 2008 11:20AM
"TRU FACT": Solid gold pogs win more.
4MyFriends @ Jul 7th 2008 11:43AM
If it had online play, I'd consider buying it
Dan @ Jul 7th 2008 11:59AM
ooor you can go and buy a game thats called mario kart wii.... came out a while ago and its 100x then this crap your thinking of getting.
bm @ Jul 7th 2008 11:48AM
I found this retarded when I first heard about it, and I still do. I mean, what the fuck? Just put any random object inside a fucking wheel and call it "[random object] racing"? What's next, postage stamp racing? They should have just made it wheels without anything in them and it would've instantly looked about a hundred times better.
Holy shit this is so retarded.
Dan @ Jul 7th 2008 11:55AM
Hence the reason it is now considered shovelware... with titles like this my Nintendo wii continues to collect dust...
bm @ Jul 7th 2008 12:24PM
Well your loss, since there are plenty of great titles. It just makes this one look all the worse.
Jody Anthony (gamertag and psn: JodyAnthony) @ Jul 7th 2008 11:56AM
i would prefer a new Uniracers
Top Wii Games @ Jul 7th 2008 2:16PM
This game will suck
Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ Jul 7th 2008 12:16PM
So does this totally suck? It sure as hell looks weird, but people, please? Does it suck?
Balls?
Alex @ Jul 7th 2008 12:25PM
SPOGS the TV Show
I can HEAR the theme song in my mind!
DangerMouse @ Jul 7th 2008 12:38PM
The texture work is terrible. Some look pretty decent, then right next to it is an ugly, stretched out muddy one. Picture 2/7 is a perfect example of this. Maybe the game moves so fast that everything looks like a blur, but the screens looks like shit.
Faar @ Jul 7th 2008 2:32PM
"Spogs Racing slams into WiiWare" the headline says - and the picture looks like complete and utter crap!
Not that I'm neccessarily a total graphics whore, but upon seeing that screenshot, all I can think of is, "DAYM!"
derf @ Jul 7th 2008 4:38PM
Game isn't so bad, looks ok in action, better than the screens. I dont get the "spogs", but trying to blow up anything is fun and the racing is good.