90s playground craze POGs is trying to make a gaming comeback

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.

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