{"id":21201,"date":"2025-12-14T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/blueys-quest-for-the-gold-pen-after-some-misfires-we-finally-have-the-first-good-bluey-video-game\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:37:14","slug":"blueys-quest-for-the-gold-pen-after-some-misfires-we-finally-have-the-first-good-bluey-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/blueys-quest-for-the-gold-pen-after-some-misfires-we-finally-have-the-first-good-bluey-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluey\u2019s Quest for the Gold Pen: after some misfires we finally have the first good Bluey video game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Bluey game is the first made in Australia, the first to involve creator Joe Brumm and the first to respect the kids playing it<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bluey embodies the talent, heart and character of Australia\u2019s creative industries. But unfortunately, until now, the beloved franchise\u2019s video games had a track record spottier than her friend Chloe the dalmatian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classaction.org\/news\/developer-of-paw-patrol-bluey-apps-facing-class-action-suit-over-allegedly-deceptive-in-game-marketing-tactics#:~:text=Budge%20Studios%2C%20Inc.,spending%20money%20in%20the%20games.\">Some parents<\/a> treated Budge Studios\u2019 2023 mobile game Bluey: Let\u2019s Play! with caution, with its $9.99 monthly subscription and persistent adverts for Budge\u2019s other licensed games. Later that same year, Artax Games\u2019 Bluey: The Videogame was widely criticised on release for its barely two-hour run time, technical problems and $60 price tag. In his review, Australian game critic Luke Plunkett called it: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/the-bluey-video-game-sucks-for-australians-and-everyone-else\/\">a slapdash cash grab that does the bare minimum<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/dec\/15\/bluey-quest-gold-pen-video-game-australia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ffef4eaf651397be45d771fe6758fabafa78efca\/39_0_1350_1080\/master\/1350.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a190a5c2685b03b0151ea616d7959df3\" title=\"Bluey\u2019s Quest for the Gold Pen: after some misfires we finally have the first good Bluey video game\" \/>The new Bluey game is the first made in Australia, the first to involve creator Joe Brumm and the first to respect the kids playing it<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nBluey embodies the talent, heart and character of Australia\u2019s creative industries. But unfortunately, until now, the beloved franchise\u2019s video games had a track record spottier than her friend Chloe the dalmatian.<br \/>\nSome parents treated Budge Studios\u2019 2023 mobile game Bluey: Let\u2019s Play! with caution, with its $9.99 monthly subscription and persistent adverts for Budge\u2019s other licensed games. Later that same year, Artax Games\u2019 Bluey: The Videogame was widely criticised on release for its barely two-hour run time, technical problems and $60 price tag. In his review, Australian game critic Luke Plunkett called it: \u201ca slapdash cash grab that does the bare minimum.\u201d<br \/>\nSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Bluey game is the first made in Australia, the first to involve creator Joe Brumm and the first to respect the kids playing it Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Bluey embodies the talent, heart and character of Australia\u2019s creative industries. But unfortunately, until now, the beloved franchise\u2019s video games had a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/blueys-quest-for-the-gold-pen-after-some-misfires-we-finally-have-the-first-good-bluey-video-game\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bluey\u2019s Quest for the Gold Pen: after some misfires we finally have the first good Bluey video game<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}