Someone made a Bejeweled clone running as a World of Warcraft add-on:
From the Joystiq article:
The in-game add-on began as a homebrew Bejeweled clone from Michael Fromwiller, cleverly titled Besharded.
Fromwiller developed the add-on as a method of killing time during long
raids and farming sessions, but it wasn’t too long before PopCap caught
wind of the MMO mini-game. Instead of issuing a timely cease and
desist, the casual gaming colossus hired Fromwiller to create a more polished version of the application.
Great move by Popcap.
(Via Wonderland.)
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The screenshot shows ‘Bejeweled’, not ‘Besharded’. So did PopCap effectively inject their own title into WoW?
What I mean is: yeah, it’s cool that they hired this guy and giving him legitimacy rather than squashing him like a bug — even though they would have every right to — but if the end result is that they ‘took over’ his hack/app then I think that’s a pretty shrewd move as well.
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 4:29 ¶Yeah, they turned it into an official version of ‘Bejeweled’ within WoW.
Hm, consider the legal / business implications… WoW as a casual games platform?
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 4:41 ¶Yeah, they turned it into an official version of ‘Bejeweled’ within WoW.
Hm, consider the legal / business implications… WoW as a casual games platform?
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 4:41 ¶I’m seeing a game called Scrabulords……………….
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 4:54 ¶How about a casual version of ‘Age of Conan’?…
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 7:47 ¶All they need is to tie this into the leveling system and they’ve got a really good version of Puzzle Quest.
Posted 22 Sep 2008 at 9:02 ¶Post a Comment