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A look ahead: who is Van Buren?

May 11, 2014May 11, 2014 Brave Tomato

._. What? No, I don’t mean the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, thank you very much.

I’m talking about Poptropica’s upcoming character for Survival, Van Buren, his household, and a prediction as to what may be coming up in this island.

Okay, let’s start by looking at some Daily Pops…

Hail to the Chef: Cleaver? I hardly know her!

Welcome Home: We’re rolling out the red carpet for you.

Log Files: Always be sure to keep a back-up.

Fish Story: But this one is actually true.

Motto: Strength rejoices in the challenge.

Hot Stove: Let’s not put this adventure on the back burner.

There are a few more Daily Pops, but these are the major ones. From these, I can determine the following:

Van Buren seems to be a big game hunter who just so happened to take residence in the same woods that you and your blimp crashed on. He seems to be pretty talented at his sport. He’s even rich to have a cook with him and own a nice log cabin and all.

However, I have the strangest comparison that’ll not give this character a good name:

Van Buren kinda reminds me of General Zaroff.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: Who the heck is General Zaroff? Well, he was a rich and essentric Cossack hunter who took up residence on the island another hunter named Rainsford ended up washing up on in the 1924 short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Zaroff has a bulky servant named Ivan as well. Zaroff shows Rainsford his achievements in the hunting buisness, but lends him on with a dark secret: he had grown bored of hunting ordinary animals and decided to go bigger, to hunt the most dangerous game that comes to his island, and the only animal that can reason: humans.

He offers Rainsford to join him in his hunting, but he refuses. Zaroff tells him of the game he plays with whoever comes to this island, where the victims have to go around and gather supplies, and most importantly, not get killed by Zaroff, Ivan, or his hounds. Rainsford, desperate to get out of this island, makes a deal with Zaroff: He will be the next person to take part in Zaroff’s game for three days. If he wins, Zaroff lets him go, and if he dies… well, he dies. If you want to read it, here’s the full story.

I noticed that both Zaroff and Van Buren have a stocky-looking servant- Van Buren with that chef and Zaroff with Ivan. They’re both well-accomplished hunters. Although I doubt Van Buren would follow Zaroff’s man-hunting ways since this is a kid’s game, it doesn’t stop him from having the ability to be villainous in another way… (although I have no idea why the heck the stand-in looks like a corpse in the “Hot Stove” Daily Pop).

We know well of the binoculars that spied on us at the end of Crash Landing. We know well that the Distress Signal’s description warns to “beware of who might be listening”. Well, no matter what Van Buren’s goal is, I have a feeling it won’t be good. Besides, sleeping with a dagger underneath your pillow sounds rather uncomfortable.

BT out…

Magazines

Poptropican’s 911: Issue #15 out now!

May 10, 2014May 25, 2014 Samwow5

Hey everyone! Issue #15 of the PHB magazine, The Poptropican’s 911, has just been released, with all sorts of Poptropica fan creations – including a story called “Nevermore”, a Monster Carnival fanfiction by our very own Brave Tomato! We’ve also got posters, comics, and more…

check out issue #15 of our Poptropica magazine now!

…clicked it yet? If not, you’re missing out on a piece of the PHB legend. 😀

As always, we had a lot of fun making it, so we hope you enjoy it! We’ve also included some handpicked creative works into our magazines, which replaces the monthly PHB Viewer’s Showcase. For more information about The Poptropican’s 911, check out our Magazines page to find out what kind of entries we’re looking for and how you can submit something in for publication!

They come out every two months on the second week, so you’ve got until early July if you’d like to be a part of our next magazine! There’s some awesome Poptropica fan-made stuff in there – like this bobblehead gif of the PHB magazine team from Giant Rock… so cool! 😀

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~Sam, HP, & Fishy

Advertisements, Bonus Items, Glitches, Merchandise, Shark Boy Mystery

All of Poptropica on mobile, Puterpop at age 7, iPhone handheld, and more!

May 9, 2014May 11, 2014 HPuterpop

Hi Gs,

What isn’t happening in the world of Poptropica? Prepare to have your mind blown with all the new things happening in the Poptropica universe! 😀

Complete Poptropica game on mobile

PHB reader and PTFP owner Silver Wolf recently informed everyone that for a small price of 5 dollars, you can play all of Poptropica on mobile — not just the islands that have been released on the Poptropica app! See below for the steps.

It works for both Apple and Android devices, which is something that the Poptropica app currently does not feature. Do note, however, that you will have to have an internet connection of some kind for this to work.

Here’s a basic outline of the steps involved:

Download the app “Photon” by Appsverse on the iTunes Store or Google Play Store. It costs US$4.99.
Wait for app to finish installing, then open it.
Enter “poptropica.com” in its search bar, then tap the lightning bolt to activate Flash. Enjoy!
To improve your mobile Poptropica app, click the gear icon to enter the Settings, and set the mode to “Game” and bandwidth to 6. You can choose from a few formats to play the game, but drag works best for Poptropica.

You can read her extensive directions here — remember that I have not been able to try this out, so if you do try it, tell us the results in the comments. 😀

Shark Boy mystery: the Avatar Studio card

First alerted by Cool Octopus from the Pop Flop, the Avatar Studio card was recently removed from the store for obvious reasons — Shark Boy was on the front of it — and if you’ve been keeping up with recent posts, then you’ll know that Shark Boy is trying to be eradicated completely from everything, although some things still stick around.

Yesterday, the card was re-uploaded to the store, now with Master Mime on the front of card! If you had the original Avatar Studio Card in your inventory, it too is updated.

I’m sad that Shark Boy was replaced by Master Mime on the card; it just doesn’t feel the same.

New iPhone handheld

The iPad handheld for the Poptropica App was recently removed from everything — inventories, costume closets, etc. — that is, until it reappeared in a new ad that I found on Main Street of Early Poptropica and Monster Carnival. The video ad stand awards both the iPad handheld and a new iPhone handheld for watching the app trailer!

In case you haven’t heard, the official Poptropica game app is now available for iPhones and iPod touches! You can read more about it in Sam’s post below.

Puterpop at age 7

I recently uncovered a video that I had made four years ago, with me playing on my second account, puterpoptropica. I had to share it with you guys, so here it is — humiliation and all. 😛

Making a green-star ad account

Ad accounts are special accounts that always show up on the front of your friends list and have green stars instead of yellow –and now you can make your own with the video walk through below! (Thanks Raqk for the tip)

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By the way, Poptropican Portraits Round 10 is coming out tomorrow along with the May issue of Poptropican’s 911! 😀 And did you notice my Gravatar change? What do you think? 🙂

-HPuterpop

Merchandise, Mission Atlantis Island

Poptropica is now available on the iPhone!

May 9, 2014December 28, 2014 Samwow5

Hey everyone! The Creators just announced that Mission Atlantis (Ep. 1): Into the Deep has been released on the iPad and iPhone. Wait, they said iPhone? I looked, and sure enough, it’s true, and they have a trailer for it! The new Poptropica app is now available for iPhone/iPod touch for free!

To download the app, click here or search “Poptropica” on the App Store. The icon is the yellow blimp.

Also, the newest update to the Poptropica app fixes a bug that was causing some users’ progress to be overwritten when they installed a new update. So if you’ve got a saved game from the previous version, you can update to the new version without fear.

The official Poptropica game app works on iPad 2 and above, iPhone 4 and above, and iPod touch, so you’ll need one of these devices to be able to play it!

~SW5~

App, Mission Atlantis Island, Survival Island

Mission Atlantis & Surival Ep. 2 coming soon, plus iOS app to iPhone/iPod touch this week!

May 7, 2014May 8, 2014 Samwow5

Hey everyone! This is just a quick post informing you that the Creators just released the description for Mission Atlantis, Episode 2: Fortress of the Deep! Here’s what it says:

You’ve discovered something amazing at the bottom of the ocean! Now, you need to find a way inside…

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Hmm, the description is clear you need to go into Atlantis! So this might be fun!

Also, if you didn’t know, Mission Atlantis (Ep .1): Into the Deep comes out for everyone next week!

Also, I checked the files for Survival, Episode 2: Hook, Line and Sinker, and they’ve already uploaded the whole island! It has all the areas, dialogue, items, and I already know what’s going to happen at the end of episode 2. 😛 Look forward to a post soon by HP, which contains all these details from behind the scenes! I think Episode 2 of Survival will come out this week or next week! Stay tuned for more info when it’s available!

In other exciting upcoming releases is the official Poptropica game app (currently only on iPad) which will be available to iPhones and iPod touches starting THIS week!