2013 in Review (7/7): Final Thoughts

Closing the book on 2013...

2013 in Review (6/7): The Top Thirteen Moments

There's no denying 2013 was a wild, wild ride for Club Penguin players.  But what will go down as the top moment of this thirteenth year of the twenty-first century?

2013 in Review (5/7): The Best of the Best

2013 was a year of a lot of great things.  But what comes out on top?

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2013 in Review (4/7): The Worst of the Best

I have never really hated anything Club Penguin has put out there, but there's always just that one thing that was pretty good but you just shrug your shoulders when you recall it.  Since first is apparently the worst, we'll get to what I think fell short before we get to the best.

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2013 in Review (3/7): Biggest Snubs

While puffles basked in the spotlight the whole year through, many other things were left unrecognized out in the cold (pun intended).  What are these perhaps cool things in the cold (pun also intended)?

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2013 in Review (2/7): The Prediction Shakedown

I've predicted many things over the past eleven months.  What did I get right and what did I get horribly wrong?

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2013 in Review (1/7): In Memoriam

A look at those things that we loved and lost in 2013.

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Review: Holiday Party/Coins For Change 2013

It's still the Christmas Party.

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Review: The Club Penguin App 1.3

One-point-three's a company.

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Fool Me Once...

There are plenty of items made of wool in Club Penguin.  Has Club Penguin been trying to pull those inventory slots over our eyes?

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Review: The Spoiler Alert

Puffle Compression is so my thing.

Review - Operation: Puffle

The EPF is really inventive with operation names, aren't they?

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No Time Like the Present

Author J.K. Rowling once said that in a fantasy series, a writer has to be careful about what technology they create.  If they don't, plot holes could begin forming and the credibility of the book could be lost.

She was referring to one of her inventions in the Harry Potter series: a Time Turner, which allows the user to go back in time.

My question: has Club Penguin created something that messes a lot of things up?

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One App to Rule Them All

Has Club Penguin revealed the deck of cards in their hands with one little action?  (Oh, and that title is a Lord of the Rings reference.)

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The Mobile Movement

The next update for the iPad Penguin app isn't even out and yet I have a lot to say about it.

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Just a Pawn in a Game

*Note: This blog post is almost a sequel to a couple of blog posts I did earlier this year.  They both talk about how uneven parts of Club Penguin are.  First, you can read "The Mascot Method" here.  Then, you can read my followup to that, "An Uneven System," which spans across a variety of Club Penguin subjects, here.

One of the biggest things that sets Club Penguin apart from many virtual worlds is that there's a new theme every month.  With this comes a price: nothing really stays relevant for long.  However, are some games in Club Penguin unfairly shunned?

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Review: Gold Puffle Updates

Two new puffles in one year.

Is that even legal?

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My Next Blog!

If you like this blog, then I think you'll love what I've got coming up next!

Not So Golden

The golden puffle is coming.

And with it, there will be some problems.

Some irreversible problems.

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Review: "It's Your Birthday!"

Just when you thought takeover conspiracies were over for awhile, we get a Club Penguin song sung by a Teen Beach Movie actor.  But is a Club Penguin single without the Penguin Band or Cadence at the helm worth listening to?

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Review: 8th Anniversary Party

The ninth Club Penguin party hat event is underway!  It's the first event this year that isn't a full blown party.  But, after years of being constantly dwindled, does this party have anything left to offer?

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Review: Halloween Party 2013

We only have three months left in the year and yet we just received our first real-world holiday party of 2013.  Having attended every single one since 2008, what do I think of this latest outing?

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Picking the Puffles

Spike Hike recently revealed in a comment to Club Penguin Memories that the EPF will soon be the Team's big focus, as far as updates are concerned.  Now, that's all nice and dandy - the EPF needs to be more active and have more layers.  However, he said that the current focus - whose updates we are seeing as we speak - is on puffles.

Why?  And, how does Club Penguin determine what needs to be updated?

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The Early Bird Catches the Puffle

With the Halloween and Anniversary Parties just around the corner, it's time to start predicting what November (the month of my birthday!) will hold.  While little is known about it, could little details scattered all around official Club Penguin things culminate into one big, puzzle that will tell us almost everything?

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Infinite Instances

*The subject of this post was suggested by PufflePal26.  Thanks a bunch!  See the other post he suggested here.

Club Penguin recently revealed that they would rebooting their merchandising system in the near future.  At the same time, Twitter has been ablaze with fans asking for a Club Penguin add-on to the popular new video game Disney Infinity.  A Twitter petition was even created to try and persuade the mouse house to allow our virtual world onto the new game.

So, my question is: will it happen?  And if so, when and how?

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Review: Medieval Party 2013

This past summer we've been a little pampered....or tortured, depending on your point of view.

On the pampered side of things, the past three parties have been brand new; we really didn't know exactly what to expect when walking waddling into them.

Those same three parties were also Takeovers, which some might call torture.

But, now comes the first strictly Club Penguin, returning party since May - the-once-thought-axed Medieval Party.  Huzzah!

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The LEGO Logistics

*The subject of this post was suggested by PufflePal26.  Thanks a bunch!

It's been a dream of the LEGO builder in me since I first started this snowy virtual world:  Club Penguin LEGO sets.  I've wanted them for years, but could the wait be finally over?

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The Old, The Updated, and The Fifty Messages

Club Penguin has altered a lot of classic things over the years.  But were they needed?  And what does need updating?

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The Puffle to End All Puffles?

It's been months since PH first pointed towards the skies and told us that a new type of puffle had been discovered - the long fabled Rainbow Puffle.  It was the eleventh puffle ever found (my lucky number!).  And even though that was in March, there is still a relevant question around it - could it be the last?

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Review: My Penguin 1.2

After my initial 1.0 review, I never released a review for My Penguin 1.1 since it included only ported Club Penguin games and no new features (here's my review for that: Card-Jitsu Snow, Puffle Rescue's Black Puffle Pack, and the final few levels of Pufflescape work great on iPad and are nice additions).  However, I have decided to start reviewing every major update to the application.  And there's no better place to start than 1.2 - My Penguin's biggest update since launch.

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Plurality is Everything

WARNING: You are entering geek territory.  The following fairly long blog post is being written because of a single letter.  ONE syllable.  That's all you need to know about it.  Read on - if you dare!

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Review: "Party In My Iggy"

The first Club Penguin single since March is here.  What do I think of Club Penguin's first post The Party Starts Now CD song?

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Brookelas's New Website

Here's a quick blog post for you: Brookelas, who recently contributed two blog posts on my blog (one; two), has started his own opinion blog.

The 2013 Teen Beach Movie Dissection

Having written eight other dissection posts this year, it's time for another - the final one in 2013.  Let's pick apart the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam, the fourth Disney party this year.

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Review: Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam 2013

The final takeover party of 2013 is here.  It's received nothing short of critical praise.  But do I agree with the fanfare around it?

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Guest Blog: Brookelas's "Top 10 Most Pointless Rooms"

From Chillin43: This is a guest blog by Brookelas.

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Summer Secured?

Before the one that is currently occurring, the last summer oriented party was the Water Party in June 2008.  But this time, could the Summer outing be here to stay?  Will the Teen Beach Movie theme stick?  And what does this mean for the Music/Ultimate Jam and other parties that this current event filled the void of?

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Review: Teen Beach Movie

As I prepared to watch the newest Disney Channel Original Movie, I thought about the many things I had heard about Teen Beach Movie.

Some said that it was great - that you could watch it over and over again and still find enjoyment.  Others said that it wasn't worth a watch.  

And then there was my feeling about movie musicals, which isn't incredibly favorable.

So, what did I think about the source material for August's party?

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Guest Blog: Brookelas's "Year 9 in Club Penguin - Predictions!"

From Chillin43: This is a guest blog by Brookelas.

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The Canon Conundrum: Teen Beach Movie Edition

You may recall that when the Star Wars Takeover hit our Club last month, I made a post going through all the properties Club Penguin has crossed over with and determining how their stories connect with our site.

Now it's Teen Beach Movie's turn in this spin-off post.

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Review: Star Wars Takeover 2013

Now that Club Penguin has released all the content for the Star Wars Takeover, I'll tell you what I think of it.

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The 2013 Star Wars Dissection (3/3) Rooms

In this post, I will point out everything seen both in CP and in the films from the rooms of the Star Wars Takeover.

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A "Fair" Question

Sure, we aren't even through July's party and we know very little about August's, but we already have a clue for the September party.

And it could change everything...

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Beach Backlash

Tensions have been high in the last few months in the Club Penguin Community.  After three Disney parties in four months, players have been a bit perturbed.  And, while all of these parties have been well-received on the whole, with each new one, the annoyance seems to grow.

And now, after some rumors (which were correct), we know there will be a fourth Disney party  - a summer music party to tie-in with the new DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) Teen Beach Movie.  Understandably, due to previous events of this nature, the response isn't all positive.  You could say this is the boiling point (although some called the Star Wars controversy that).

But, this time, things feel different...

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The 2013 Star Wars Dissection (2/3) Characters

This post will see me compare the CP versions of Star Wars characters with their film counterparts.

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The Celebration Item

The Club Penguin Team was at the official Star Wars celebration in Germany over the weekend.  Through their Twitter account, they shared screenshots and info with those (including me :( ) who could not attend.  Through this, we found out you could meet, chat with, and take pictures with the Team, enter a game contest for a membership prize, get a free two sided poster, play CP, and get an exclusive free item.  What exclusive free item, you ask?  Well, Club Penguin didn't tell us.  And, since it seemed no one in the Club Penguin Twitter Community was able to attend the event, we couldn't ask a participant.

So, it's a cold case, you say?  Well, it could be.  But, could a single bread crumb answer our question?

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The 2013 Star Wars Dissection (1/3) Pre-Party

There have been plenty of Star Wars references to pick out on Club Penguin from the time the party was announced to before the festivities began.  This is where I'll try to sort through them all.

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The Canon Conundrum

Ever since the first Marvel Takeover was announced in 2012, I have tried to figure out how other worlds fit into Club Penguin canon.  In this post, I will try and figure that out for all previous takeovers and face how Star Wars fits in - which may be the hardest one of them all to explain.

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A Quick Notice

Some small changes are coming to CPP (as I guess I am now calling this site).  See more after the jump!

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Signs You're a CP Fanatic

OK, if you are reading this you are probably a pretty big Club Penguin fan.  But here are some signs you might be obsessed (not that that's bad)...

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