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The Queue: I said no, Julia
Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today. I'm writing this in the dead of night as a distraction from creepy ocean noises. Look, I'll come right out and say it: I'm a huge wuss. I'm scared of everything. I'm afraid of the concept of being afraid. So when Wikipedia leads me to listening to Julia ... I need a serious dose of cute to set me right again. Here, have a baby monkey (going backwards on a pig). Andrew R. asked: What is the piece of Deathwing by the Earthshrine in Stormwind? Is it a scale or piece of his armor? It isn't a piece of Deathwing. It's his favorite d8. In heroic mode, he drops a zocchihedron instead.
Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig) is free this Saturday
The only thing cuter than a baby monkey riding a pig is a baby monkey riding a pig the wrong way -- silly monkey -- which is exactly what Baby Monkey (Going Backwards on a Pig) is all about. To make this game even more adorable, developer Kihon Games is offering it for free for a limited time, starting Saturday, Nov. 19. Also, anyone with five GameCenter friends in the leaderboard will get 1,500 Monkey Bucks, which we assume can be used to buy bananas, bugs and throwable feces. Kihon is teasing a possible new skin for both baby monkey and pig, as well -- superheroes. We'll call them Captain Swine and his trusted sidekick, Mad Monkey, for now:
Portabliss: Baby Monkey Going Backwards on a Pig (iOS)
Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our Portabliss column. In each installment, we'll tell you about a downloadable game on the iPhone, iPad, Android device, DSi, 3DS, PSP, etc. Today: Baby Monkey! As Robot Unicorn Attack has proven, some games just can't be separated from their music. What point is there in galloping across a star-strewn road if Andy Bell isn't serenading your rhythmic majesty? If you ever get tired of the game, it's because you finally gave up on the song. In the case of Baby Monkey Going Backwards on a Pig, you're dealing with a Youtube-derived Parry Gripp ditty. Oh no! That's a worst-case scenario, in which the eventual, hateful intolerance is further away than you'd like to admit. Even once you've killed it, the chalk outline will stay on your brain pavement for a month. So, simply as a cute animated music video, Baby Monkey asks a fair price at $1. The fact that it's a fun, effervescent jumping game feels like a bonus.
