We need a Pog movie where Jack Black and The Rock fall through a portal and end up in Pog world on opposing teams. Throw in a bunch of 90s references, a tacked on love interest, and something about the two of them working together to end the eternal Pog wars to get home. Easy 200mil at the box office.
I can't imagine the kids of today finding pogs particularly interesting, when they've got smartphones in their pockets. Maybe if you equip the pogs with an NFC chip that ties into some online game to give you monsters or items or such. But yeah, even that's going to be a hard sell, unless the game happens to be Roblox or Fortnite.
If the game were released as free to play, fully playable (though a lot more difficult or boring) with a vanilla af base character, then the pogs were sold in store as the NFC premium monsters/characters/items this maybe could work. It's just an extra step to microtransactions that make games like Fortnite thrive.
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idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 169d
Maiq@piefed.social · 6 pts · 169d
My brain went right to the pogo-ball.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 169d
We need a Pog movie where Jack Black and The Rock fall through a portal and end up in Pog world on opposing teams. Throw in a bunch of 90s references, a tacked on love interest, and something about the two of them working together to end the eternal Pog wars to get home. Easy 200mil at the box office.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 8 pts · 169d
But can they afford the Alf IP?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 169d
It will only work if the Pog world is some kind of jungle.
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 169d
According to "some of the top filmmakers" the new Seedance 2.0 is going to allow you to make this entire film in 40 minutes. Enjoy your 200 mil bucko
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doug@lemmy.today · 19 pts · 169d
This is something someone who just found their old Pog collection would ask.
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 169d
no
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 168d
Ok, but counterpoint...
Yes
Nemo@midwest.social · 7 pts · 168d
The real ones, a game using found materials that keeps them out if the waste stream? Sure.
The commercial mass-produced garbage that created a bunch of material destined for the waste stream? Pass.
Though I do still have my collection if anyone is down for a game.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 168d
No fair! You got a torpedo slammer!
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 169d
Pogs and slammers (whoa-oh) pogs and slammers!
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 169d
No
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 169d
My kids are all too old to get into it, so go for it.
Ryoae@piefed.social · 3 pts · 168d
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 3 pts · 168d
Definitely because I never got to play with those things when I was younger.
Imagine pogs with Stranger Things pictures, I would buy them all!
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 169d
I can't imagine the kids of today finding pogs particularly interesting, when they've got smartphones in their pockets. Maybe if you equip the pogs with an NFC chip that ties into some online game to give you monsters or items or such. But yeah, even that's going to be a hard sell, unless the game happens to be Roblox or Fortnite.
mika_mika@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 168d
If the game were released as free to play, fully playable (though a lot more difficult or boring) with a vanilla af base character, then the pogs were sold in store as the NFC premium monsters/characters/items this maybe could work. It's just an extra step to microtransactions that make games like Fortnite thrive.