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Yo Ho Ho - It's Puzzle Pirates!

Posted by simoniker on from the splice-the-tetri-brace dept.

Thanks to IGN PC for their hands-on preview of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates, the unique-looking massively multiplayer puzzle RPG from Three Rings Design for Windows and Linux. According to the article, "For anyone who ever wasted hours playing Tetris or Bejeweled, this is the game that takes that style of entertainment to the next level", and the concept of playing puzzle games to win money and buy property in this "quirky persistent state world", currently in open Beta, is discussed enthusiastically - the screenshots on the official site seem about right for those puzzle game freaks looking for a little social contact and eye patches with their puzzlin'.

13 comments

  1. looks nice by reynaert · · Score: 1

    Seems to be a pretty version of Pogo.com, which is basically a lot of puzzle/casino games coupled with an irc-like chat.

  2. Just in time by secolactico · · Score: 2, Informative

    Will it be out of beta in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sep 19)? Arr!

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  3. Mac OS X Version by Vokbain · · Score: 2, Informative

    Says on their site that the Mac OS X version should be out soon.

    Looks like fun.

    1. Re:Mac OS X Version by danieljames · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's actually in Java 1.4 which is 'getting there' on the Mac. The next version in 10.3 is much better, but still has some issues that we hope will come out in the wash before Christmas. Alas, it's largely out of our (Three Rings') hands. We'd love to have it working on the Mac.

      - Daniel (Capn Cleaver to many)

  4. Yohoho! ???? Yahoo! ??? by saden1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *sniff*....I smell a lawsuit coming or at least a cease and desist letter.

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    1. Re:Yohoho! ???? Yahoo! ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yeah.. I did read it as "Yahoo" until I read your post.

      They'll have to call it something like "Yo, Ho-ho!" or something more obvious, or people are going to be confused. Yahoo has it's own (crappy) "online puzzle games" ..

  5. Headlines! Headlines! Headlines! by Asprin · · Score: 1


    From the headline, I could have **sworn** that "Puzzle Pirates" was about something VERY different.



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  6. game art by zephc · · Score: 1

    the characters look kind alike more advanced Lego people.

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  7. I wonder... by sofakingl · · Score: 0

    ...if it will be available on Kazaa? ;)

  8. Is a puzzle pirate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    anything like a butt pirate?

  9. actually... by newsdee · · Score: 1

    the game characters look like Playmobil figurines...

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