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PopCap reinventing Bejeweled in October Comments by Robert Purchese

30 September, 2008

Puzzler to take "totally new direction".

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siro
30/09/08 @ 11:12
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I always thought about getting Zoo Keeper. Thanks for the heads up concerning the overdrivability of those animals (or better: the lack thereof). I'll steer away then.
Dark_Stranger
30/09/08 @ 11:31
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to take the massively popular game in a "totally new direction".

from Left to Right!
illusiondance
30/09/08 @ 11:44
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god forbid pop-cap actually try to use their millions to make AN ORIGINAL GAME.
pure scum
BobsUncle
30/09/08 @ 11:52
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Oh good, my girlfriend will be happy.

@illusiondance

God forbid anyone should make a sequel of a game, what is the world coming to?
penhalion
30/09/08 @ 11:56
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300 million dollars O_o
Shadman
30/09/08 @ 11:57
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Erm... Pop Cap probably release more "original" games than any other games company. Remember Bejewelled was original once, just that people forget since it's become such a part of popular mainstream gaming. Other games they've released like Peggle, Bookworm and... that aquarium one I can't remember the name of... are also highly original and inventive, and all the games they released are amazingly well polished.

Pop Cap are one of the very few good companies in the vast oceans of cynical "casual" game makers. But it's fun to jump on the band wagon and slate them because "casual = bad".
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Doctor_What
30/09/08 @ 12:14
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Zoo Keeper is enormously addictive. Even years after we bought it, I still sometimes hear the plaintive cry from my girlfriend 'the pandas are angry at me!'.

Popcap have done a damn good job of making money from Flash games. It's hard work! I did it for years and only scraped by, so fair play to them. I look forward to seeing what they try next.
BobsUncle
30/09/08 @ 12:26
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@Shadman

Don't forget it also fashionable to slate people that do well/make money.
chrisjm
30/09/08 @ 12:34
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totally new direction? Lego Bejeweled? Bejeweled Halo?
penhalion
30/09/08 @ 13:15
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I'm not seeing any of the bad comments. I must have all those people on ignore already.
Turambar
30/09/08 @ 13:16
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If it's a totally new direction then surely it's a totally new game and thereby deserving of a totally new name?

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