Poptropica

A long time ago, in a Poptropica far, far away, there was once a plan to launch an island called Monster Carnival Island. It even appeared on the map as coming soon in 2008. But before it launched, it disappeared completely and was replaced with 24 Carrot Island. Since then, Poptropica players have often wondered what became of Monster Carnival …

There is a new movie coming to theaters called Jack and Jill. It stars Adam Sandler, who plays both the roles. There’s an advertisement building on Main Street for most of the islands, and when you go inside you’ll meet Jack. He needs you to help him feed his sister, Jill. You need to throw mashed potatoes at her when …

The new Poptropica adventure mini-game, Legendary Swords, is here. It brings combat and action to Poptropica in the form of a special quest where you leave the planet of Poptropica to stop a planned robot invasion. Using different swords, you battle the evil robots. But they fight back and you need to keep your health up using crystals. You can …

Legendary Swords isn’t here quite yet (it will be released later today), but you’ll get a new item in your backpack when you next log into the game. It’s the Poptropica Holiday Wish List for 2011. When you click on the Open Wish List button on the card, it launches a .PDF in a new web browser window. You can …

Have you ever wondered what fonts Poptropica uses in the game? No? Well, I did! Hey, I was a little bored while waiting for Legendary Swords to come out. I created a page in the “fun” section that shows the different fonts that they use for the logo, the in-game dialogue text, and even the store cards. What’s neat is …

Tomorrow is the last day that you can enter the code to win the prize for Scavenger Hunt #2 in the Poptropica Guide Contest. Every two weeks, a new item becomes available and you can enter a promo code that you figure out with clues from the book. This week, the code is EXPLORECOLLECTCOMPETE, which you enter in the promo …

Have you been to Google today? The Google Doodle is for Marie Curie, the famous lab researcher. If she were still alive, today would have been her 144th birthday. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, was the first female professor at the University of Paris, and she coined the term, radioactivity. And as all Poptropica …

Anyone who purchases the Poptropica inflatable blimp toy gets special access to a new mini-game called Blimp Adventure. To get access, you need to enter the code that comes on the green coin with the toy. This game has five levels, and in the game you need to put out fires set by the dastardly villain, Dr. Cumulo Nimbus. The …

Game Show Island was released to members on Poptropica earlier today. It’s a fun island: kind of a cross between Reality TV Island and Cryptids Island. There’s an introductory part where you learn about how the robots took control of the planet and made humans their servants. You then find the inventor of Holmes, the computer that began the revolution. …

Wow, big news in Poptropica today! In just a few hours, Game Show Island will launch for members. But there’s another new announcement today and it’s one we’ve been waiting to hear for a long time: the release date for Legendary Swords. It will be launched on November 11, 2011 (or 11/11/11 – which is a very “binary” date). Legendary …

Halloween is coming soon and there are a lot of big things coming to Poptropica. You probably already know that all month you can play the old Haunted House mini-quest for free. And members are eagerly awaiting the release of Game Show Island, which will launch on Thursday of this week. There’s also the new Legends mini-game that was originally …