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Pet Society Chocolate Boxes Glow in the Dark

Published July 20, 2010 Food 8 Comments
Tags: Pet Society, Pet Society Chocolate Boxes

Whee! What a nice surprise to see that the new chocolate boxes glow in the dark! They’re even brighter than the skyscrapers in the window.

These boxes cost 550 apiece and give you a different piece of chocolate for the rest of this week. The chocolates themselves are nice, but we really like these beautiful boxes which can be used as decoration long after they’ve become empty.

We’re not sure if the glow-in-the-dark feature was intentional or a mistake. The official Pet Society blog made no mention of it. Either way, we think it’s fun, and the boxes get our highest rating of 5 paws. Here they are in the light:

Huge Park Mascot – Cute or Creepy?

Published July 17, 2010 Wacky Left-overs 12 Comments
Tags: cuteness, Pet Society, Science of Cute

Can you believe how big this guy is? He’s a Park Mascot who comes in the Fun Park Mystery Eggs for 600 coins. My pet Sushi and I like the balloons he’s holding–they bob up and down–but we’re daunted by his size.

This led me to do a little research on park mascots. Turns out some people have a real fear of them. On unusualphobias.com, I found several interesting comments:

“…People dressed as big characters or animals are just really freaky. I have thought that they were since I was little, and I’m not really sure why. If I see one I get all scared and just try not to look at them, but I still know they’re there and it’s horrible. I’m 15 now and it was so embarrasing on the school trip to Disneyland, because I couldn’t tell anybody and I insisted that we took the longer routes around to avoid those creepy things! It’s their faces, they’re so scary! And they don’t speak either, that’s creepy too.”

Here’s another comment on the same forum:

“I have many phobias, but the most prevalent is my fear of costumed characters. You know, like Chuck E. Cheese. To me, going to Disney World is like going to hell.”

All of this makes me wonder if something that’s bigger than yourself goes against the essence of being cute. Check out this article on Ars Technica about scientists studying why some things are considered cute. Basically, it boils down to our evolutionary love of babies. If something resembles a baby in any way, we are programmed to think of it as cute:

“Scientists who study the evolution of visual signaling have identified a wide and still expanding assortment of features and behaviors that make something look cute: bright forward-facing eyes set low on a big round face, a pair of big round ears, floppy limbs and a side-to-side, teeter-totter gait, among many others.

Cute cues are those that indicate extreme youth, vulnerability, harmlessness and need.”

The Park Mascot in Pet Society has a friendly face, but it’s too large and imposing. It doesn’t fit these definitions of cute. I think if it were smaller than my pet, it would have a much better chance at being cute. What do you think?

Duck Crossings

Published July 15, 2010 Uncategorized 20 Comments
Tags: ducks, mating habits of ducks, Pet Society Anonymous, marriage

Recently, I was bicycling around my neighborhood when I saw this duck on someone’s lawn. What’s it doing there, I wondered. There’s a lake a few blocks away, and perhaps the duck was lost.

I parked my bicycle and approached the poor lost duck, but he started walking away. He went out onto the street.

He kept walking on the street…

He looked so cute and sad at the same time. Thank goodness a car wasn’t driving by.

For the next few days, I kept thinking about that duck. I wondered if he had ever found his way back to the lake, to be with his duck brethren.

Eventually, my life took over, and I forgot about the little duck, until…
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I saw him again about a month later. He was sitting on someone’s lawn again, but he had a friend.

(Awwww!) I wondered if they had met recently and were in their golden, you-are-so-frickin’-amazing phase, making duck love every hour, or if they’d been together for a long time, putting up with each other’s flaws, day in and day out, but bonded together by a deeper, more substantial kind of love.*

In any case, they looked pretty happy together. They quacked to each other and seemed to be having a scintillating conversation. Here they are, drinking and living it up.

*Wikipedia says that ducks are generally monogamous, but only for a year. Hmmm…

Pet Society Blooper: Pumpkinhead

Published July 13, 2010 Uncategorized 7 Comments
Tags: Pet Society, Pet Society layering issues, Pet Society funny moments, bloopers

Recently, as I was visiting a friend, I ran into this funny situation. Pet 1, whose name is Poopy (I kid you not) is wearing an invisible ring and a pumpkin mask. Pet 2 is my pet peering through the pumpkin’s eyes.

This bizarre moment is due to the layering issues of the game. If you’ve been playing Pet Society for some time, you’ve probably encountered a layering problem, when you see one thing on top of another that just doesn’t look right. Sometimes, this is annoying, as it can mess up the design of your room. Other times, it can be a funny accident.

Credits:
Poopy is owned by Rayan. Pet 2 is Sushi trying to imagine what his dad might look like.

The Patisseriefish in Pet Society

Published July 12, 2010 Fishing 7 Comments
Tags: Patisserie Fish, Pet Society, Pet Society fish

Ooh la, la, the Pet Society pond just got a little sweeter with the addition of the Patisseriefish. This fish loves to eat the goodies from the new French Patisserie Mystery Box from the food store. The box costs 300 coins, and you get one treat.

Mina reports that she caught the Patisseriefish with a Truffe en Chocolat, which she found in her third box. My pet Sushi found a Strawberry and Chocolate Beinet, which we thought for sure would hook the new fish in, since the two look so similar. But we caught the Newspaperfish instead. It wasn’t what we expected, but c’est la vie.

Congratulations, Spain

Published July 11, 2010 Wacky Left-overs 6 Comments
Tags: Dutch, Pet Society, Spain, World Cup

Paul the Octopus was right again. Congratulations to Spain on winning the World Cup! It was a long, intense match, with only one goal scored by Andres Iniesta at the 116th minute. As for the Dutch, we love your tulips, bicycles and live-and-let-live culture, but it’s adiós, amigos.

World Cup Final – Who Are You Supporting?

Published July 10, 2010 Wacky Left-overs 11 Comments
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Pet Society, Spain vs. Netherlands, World Cup

After four grueling weeks, it’s come down to the Netherlands and Spain in the FIFA World Cup. We know that Pet Society has a huge international audience, and we’re curious to know who you are rooting for this Sunday.

As for myself, I like both teams, but this was how I felt a couple weeks ago when South Korea was knocked out:

This pet is ready to score! Woot! Woot!

Cold Drink Collection in Pet Society

Published July 9, 2010 Wacky Left-overs 6 Comments
Tags: Pet Society, Pet Society Cold Drinks, Pet Society Vending Machines

Despite my aversion to sodas in real life, I have to say that these bottles are delightfully shaped and colored! Several players have been lucky to collect all ten of the new cold drinks from the Pet Society vending machines.

From left to right, the drinks are:

Cold Orange Soda
Cold Cola
Cold Peach Iced Tea
Cold Tropical Drink
Cold Lemonade – I think this one’s my favorite bottle.
Cold Coconut Drink
Cold Grape Soda
Cold Lime Soda
Cold Cherry Cola – Oh, wait. I like this one even better.
Cold Mint Drink

Remember singing “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” as a kid? This pet has 105 bottles, to be exact!

Dig in Ancient Egypt in Pet Society

Published July 9, 2010 Treasure Hunt 9 Comments
Tags: Ancient Egypt in Pet Society, Egyptian Dig, Pet Society

Here’s your chance to release your inner Indiana Jones. With Ancient Egypt added to the Treasure Hunting feature, your pet can be an archaelogist digging up Cleopatra’s glossy black wig or the mighty Sphinx. Here’s one pet working hard in the desert:

Kudos to Mia, who found all the Egyptian items. We love how the eyes of the Sphinx follow you around!

Round 2: Help Me Choose A Book Cover

Published July 6, 2010 Wacky Left-overs 20 Comments
Tags: Pet Society, Book Covers, publishing, E-books

Thanks for all your feedback on the book covers. The first poll was nearly tied, so it didn’t really help us choose, but we got a lot of constructive criticism which made us rethink our designs. The title is now more readable on the first cover. The pink has been replaced with orange in the second cover, because as you know, I’m not a big fan of pink. The third design is brand new.

We know these icons are small, but we showed them this way, because this is most likely how they will appear on sites like Amazon, iTunes and Smashwords. What is the book about? Love, passion, infidelity, heartache…in short, the things that keep life exciting. The book will be published later this summer; you’ll be able to read sample pages here so you can get an idea of my non-Pet-Society writing style. For now, we’d love it if you can tell us which cover you like best. Muchos gracias!