12/22/24
January 23, 2004
Flash Friday Fun::
Knock that penguin out the park, kids.
Horribly addictive. Can anybody beat 321.1?
via snarky malarkey
posted by forksclovetofu to baseball at 12:33 AM - 17 comments
Forbidden You don't have permission to access /pingvin.htm on this server. Apache/1.3.27 Server at www.1337-face.dk Port 80
posted by jerseygirl at 06:42 AM on January 23, 2004
JG: Somebody's getting a huge bandwidth bill, methinks.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:10 PM on January 23, 2004
http://games.apropo.ro/penguin-modified.html 567.4 at first try.
posted by jerseygirl at 01:58 PM on January 23, 2004
577.6 you really want to hit that sucker like a hovering line drive and hope he skids on his belly.
posted by jerseygirl at 02:06 PM on January 23, 2004
Darn... can't break the magic 550! I especially like the nearly 500 ft/m(?) pop ups that embed the penguin beak first in the snow.
posted by trox at 02:57 PM on January 23, 2004
My record is 593.5, which I suspect is the maximum from what I've seen on every single other internet message board. This damn penguin is going to get more people fired than naked Anna Kournikova pictures.
posted by grum@work at 03:16 PM on January 23, 2004
588.3 these days. This IS wildfiring the 'net, isn't it?
posted by forksclovetofu at 03:43 PM on January 23, 2004
In a few dozen tries I had mostly 0s and never broke 485. I also have terrible hand-eye coordination and a thumb in a splint so probably can't expect much better. Honestly I doubt the splint is much of a factor.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:59 PM on January 23, 2004
Got a 593.5 too, which seems to be the highest... And yeah, EVERYONE is linking this.
posted by swank6 at 06:52 PM on January 23, 2004
i hadnt seen it until it was on spofi. where else is it linked?
posted by jerseygirl at 10:17 PM on January 23, 2004
hah. i beat kottke. take that you weblog pioneer!
posted by jerseygirl at 10:56 PM on January 23, 2004
in all fairness to kottke, the penguin in the modified link flies farther than the original ones.
posted by goddam at 11:01 PM on January 23, 2004
A little followup on the Reinhold + Yeti graffito on the rock in the game's background.
posted by forksclovetofu at 01:54 AM on January 24, 2004
And holy shit. My very first 593.5. I feel like the first time. I feel like the very first time.
posted by forksclovetofu at 01:59 AM on January 24, 2004
posted by goddam at 11:40 PM on February 15, 2004
This has become the biggest productivity virus I've seen in a long while. EVERYONE is playing this game right now. I see it being mentioned on every single discussion board/web page/newsgroup I've come across. I believe the maximum distance you can hit the penguin is 323.5.