Do you remember POGs? Cast your mind way back. They were the thin cardboard circles which spread across playgrounds like nits in the 90s before being abruptly banned by schools – something to do with fights and being a bit close to gambling for comfort.
Well POGs are making a comeback! A London team has licensed POGs for a new augmented reality mobile game, which doesn’t mean a whole new printing run of POGs but it does mean you can scan in your old POGs if you still happen to have them – they can’t all have been thrown away, can they?
POGs: The Mobile Game isn’t a done deal – it’s a newly launched Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign looking for $50,000 and still a long way from it. Somehow charming British TV presenter Ortis Deley was convinced to front the campaign’s pitch video, but it looks a bit like he filmed himself with his phone.
Source: Eurogamer 90s playground craze POGs is trying to make a gaming comeback