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Bejeweled 2 Released

Posted by Zonk on from the more-shiny-things-to-futz-with dept.

swaptastic writes "In what seems like the year of fantastic sequels, Popcap Games has released the follow up to their flagship game Bejeweled. I am amazed that they continue to create such fun games, without relying on spyware to make money. In conjunction with the launch of Bejeweled 2, Popcap has decided to donate 1 dollar for every game they sell until x-mas to the Child's Play Charity."

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  1. Crap! by numbski · · Score: 5, Informative

    It requires ActiveX.

    Firefox on a Mac here. More than half of PopCap's games don't work for me. Only the java ones (Alchemy for example).

    It's all a plot to make us *nix users more productive than our Windows counterparts. ...

    Oh wait....

    --

    Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).

    1. Re:Crap! by DavidLeblond · · Score: 2, Informative

      hello, Internet Explorer for mac? I know it sucks, but its better then nothing.

      Hello, IE for the Mac doesn't allow ActiveX controls to run on the Mac.... thank GOD.

      I'd rather be spyware free then have Bejeweled 2.

    2. Re:Crap! by davehaas · · Score: 2, Informative

      > I'd rather be spyware free then have Bejeweled2.

      I can guarantee you that Bejeweled 2 and every one of our other games are 100% free of ad-ware and spy-ware. We hate ad-ware, spy-ware and spam as much as all of you do, and we will never go down the road of putting sleazy features like these into our games. For us it's all about making games that are fun, simple, and addictive! I give you my word that you can and always will be able safely play Bejeweled 2 and any of our other games (both deluxe and web-based) without fear that we're going to install some kind of ad-ware of spy-ware on your system.

      --
      Dave Haas
      Chief Operating Officer
      PopCap Games
  2. nice graphics by ubrkl · · Score: 3, Informative

    It should be noted that the nice backgrounds were all made using a program called Mojoworld by Pandromeda Software ...

    It's the most hardcore procedural world generator available.

  3. Re:Does it run under WINE? by heri0n · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can always play the clone for GNOME called gweled It's pretty decent