Memories of Ingress Past

With another Ingress anniversary around the corner, perhaps now would be a good time to share our memories of the early days. Here are some of mine.

I remember when...

The original beta version of glyphing was done through the medium of contemporary dance. You had to video your dance interpretation of the glyphs, which was then judged by a panel at Niantic headquarters. The higher the score, the more stuff you got.

Back in 2014, a short lived bug allowed you to get permanent double XP by filling your headphone slot with cheese.

Because of Hanke's obsession with the fictional 70's detective, you could supercharge your blasters by repeatedly shouting 'KOJAK!' into your phone.

The very earliest versions of Ingress were tested on animals. They were absolutely rubbish at it and the whole project was almost scrapped.

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