Well, for those of you that have heard of something similar before, it’s finally out, and I will explain to you how this brand new Premium beta feature works. First, you download it, by clicking on the download button. Apparantly some people have had troubles with this, but I haven’t. Then, once you’ve downloaded it, you should follow the tutorial, and see how it works. Then, you should receive some new items in your inventory, which you should transfer over to the game. Once you’ve done that, do whatever you’d like. Now, I’ll explain it to those of you who haven’t played:

PetPetPets:

More commonly known as p3s in the game, these petpetpets are the main little creatures you watch, but don’t control, in this game. This makes the game a lot like simulation games, where you can guide the little critters along, but you can’t actually control what they do. In addition, the petpetpets will occasionally build you some items, which you can use in the game.

Seeds:

Now, there are some seeds, some from the inventory, some automatically given, that you can plant. Some, petpetpets have to build. Others, are automatically full size. First, comes the storage tree, which you store resources, which I’ll explain later, in. It’s automatically full size. Next, comes the red acornax tree. This contains food for the P3s. After that, comes the Shelter seed. This is a mushroom-shaped shelter for your p3s, but they’ve gotta build it, meaning you need to exaspiratingly guide them through it, building, and building. Then, there’s the factory seed, coming from your inventory, and all of the items TNT graciously gives you. You can mix items with it, but it needs to be built. After that, there’s the hospital and school seeds, which heal and teach your p3s, which need to be build. And finally, there’s the defense tree seed, which plants a battle station, to keep out enemies. Some kind advice of mine is to build them one at a time, as your p3s can’t divide their attention too well.

Items:

Items TNT gives you include food, tools, weapons, and more. Food is, obviously, to feed your p3s. Tools help them build, and weapons help them defend against enemies, which I’ll cover next.

Enemies:

When your habitat reaches level 5, enemies will begin to appear. To fight them, you must drag your p3s onto them. There are three types of enemies, the beetlesaur, which eats p3s, the walrus maggot, which eats your food, and the dragon worm, which destroys your structures. Beware!

Resources:

You’ll start out with one of each resource, water, wood, grass, sand, rock, and soil, which are used to build structures, and are kept in the storage plant. You also recieve another one of each from TNT. Beware, though, as you cannot move them once you’ve placed them.

Glitches:

Since it’s still in beta, there are a few glitches. First, the fruit from the red acornax tree, when transferred to your inventory, becomes a drop of corn soup. Second, it’s possible to duplicate items, by moving them from one p3 to another.

I realize I wasn’t too clear, but I’m sure you’ll all understand what I mean once you see the screenshots, some of which come from teh beginning, and some of which come from later. If you don’t, listen up now.  This is in closed beta for premium right now, but, just like customization and neovision, I’m sure it’ll come to open beta soon, and you’ll all get to play.

You heard me right, the Pound will be up on Monday. And, what’s more, you can now TRANSFER NEOPETS! The new FAQ at http://www.neopets.com/s/index.phtml?cat_id=54 explains everything, but I’ll condense it all here.

Adoption:

When adopting, you won’t get any wearables, as they’ll all stay on the pet. That means no NP wearables, no NC wearables, no PB wearables. Nothing but the pet, and its petpet. You don’t have to worry about messing up an adoption agency, as all transfers should now be done via the Transfer option, the middle door. Woohoo!

Abaondonment *sniff*

Well, if you’re truly cruel enough to do it, abandonment is still there. You lose no wearables, or BD items, as they all go to your inventory or closet. it’s still once a day, and it still costs NP. Also, your pet keeps its PetPet. Boo hoo.

Transfer

Now, for what you’ve all been waiting for, Neopet transfer! Woohoo! Now, by clicking the middle door, you can transfer your Neopet to a side account, or someone else’s account. Pets keep everything equipped but NC and BD items, which go back to your inventory or closet. Confirmation from both accounts within three days is required, or it’ll go back to its original owner. Be sure to type the right username, or you may wind up sending your pet to the wrong person! This can only be done once a month, both sending and receiving. Also, there is no charge, and you may not create one.

There you have it, folks, the Pound is back. And it only took TNT a year.

Allright, I know I’m kinda late with this one, but hey, at least it’s here. Anyway, here’s the description:Berry Bash: Help Rufus fulfill his duties as Grand Bogen by making sure that all the guests have a wonderful time! First, seat arriving guests by clicking on them and dragging them to a place at the table. Then serve each guest the berry that they ask for.

There are four types of guest you’ll have to serve, and some of them are more demanding than others. It’s Rufus’s job to keep everybody happy by offering quick service and cleaning up when the guests have finished eating.

If Rufus successfully serves his patrons, while keeping them happy, he’ll unlock new Gadgadsbogen berries!

Now, as I’m sure you’re wondering, where are the screenshots? Well, they’re right here, and if you couldn’t see them before, look down.

Now, the game’s located here.

It’s pretty hard. The customers pile up, and it takes a long time to complete an order. Good luck!

UPDATE: It seems the Elite Boutique is open! Only some users can access it, though, so if you’re one of the older users, the Neopian Elite, head in, and check it out! If you’re not, here’s the stuff:

Neopets Circle Background, Neopets Marketplace Background, Golden Elite Garland(takes up not the Background Item zone, but the Foreground Item zone), Floating Happiness Faerie Doll, Wind Up Number Six(BREATHES FIRE!)

Now, as I’m sure you can tell, these items remind you not of the NC Mall, not of the Neopets 2.0, but of the OLD Neopets, the wonderful, old Neopets. This could mean some celebration of the 1 year anniversary of the revamp, coming up in a few days. If it is, could it lead to something new, like an old layout site theme? Only time will tell.

Hey guys, it’s Dave here. Founder and head admin of the… currently defunct The Neocafe. As many of you have heard (thanks to Hale for getting the news to everyone for me), I’ve moved onto other endeavors and new things. Lots of you have listened to one of my new podcasts, WordCast, all about the WordPress online publishing platform, or visited The Podcasting Blog, of which I am the editor-in-chief.

Don’t worry, TNC isn’t going anywhere. You may see some downtime over the next few days as I move the site over to new server, but it will be back online. I’ll be looking for someone to take over the site for me, as I won’t be keeping it up any longer. If you’d like the responsibility and think you can handle it, drop an email to dave@davemoyer.org. I’ll be contacting the other admins about this subject as well. I’ll be sure to hand if off to someone that I can trust to keep TNC as good as it was, and make it even better.

The community won’t be going anywhere, and I don’t want any one of you to leave until you really think you have to. I’ll still be popping in from time to time to say hi to everyone, and those who have added me on MSN messenger and Skype over the years will still be able to chat with me just as before.

As for Neocast, we’ve reached the end of the final chapter of that amazing show. With almost two years online, it was the top Neopets podcast on the web, and it brought life to an absolutely awesome community of people. Some have come and gone, we’ve been through many layouts and setups, and even gave birth to this awesome website. It’s been a long, winding road, but all good things must come to an end. I’ll be releasing a final podcast in the next few days with a personal message to all of you, and I’ll be playing all the voicemails we’ve received since the last published episode.

As for ME, I won’t be disappearing– ha! Far from it! I’ve got many new things on the horizon, including new podcasts like Best of the Net, which will be cohosted by the great Daniel Brusilovsky. As stated previously, I’m hosting and producing WordCast with Kym Huynh and Beth Skinner, and I’m editor-in-chief of The Podcasting Blog. Many, many other new things are on the way, but I can’t let the kadoatie out of the bag just yet ;). My personal website and blog is at http://davemoyer.org and I’ll be appearing across the web in all sorts of other areas.

Thanks to absolutely everyone who’s ever clicked play on an episode of Neocast, or visited The Neocafe. This has been one of the best experiences that anyone could ever dream of having, and I’ll definitely miss all of you. I hope that you’ll all keep in touch, keep your eye out for me elsewhere on the net, and, as always, have fun on Neopets.

- Dave

The games room had been massively changed, as I’m sure you all have seen. It’s-well, I’ll just have to put up a screenshot.

Now, as you can see, it’s almost completely different. This not only makes some games smaller, it ADDS ADS! Also, as you can probably see, the newest game, Dungeon Dash, based on the Daily Dare, is shown in the screenshot. Now that you’ve seen this humongous update, take a deep breath, and read on.

This game features AAA and Abigail, more as difficulty levels than as characters, as it’s much easier to play through with Abigail. You run though, using various tools you obtain along the way, and visit, and platform through games such as Snowmuncher, Turmac Roll, Destruct-O-Match II, Ice Cream Machine, and finaly Stowaway Sting. If you can beat it with Abigail, you’ll make a good ameteur, but if you can beat it with AAA, you truly deserve the title Games Master.

Just like in years before, you can challenge either AAA’s or Abigail’s score on a different game each day. Check it out! Today’s challenge is Meepit Juice Break.