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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. Wonder if they screwed this one up too by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I used to love bejeweled, I heard about it on penny-arcade (showing how behind the times I am) and started playing like a madman. Unfortunately if you get any good at it you will find that the game sucks. You can make combinations that should keep you going, but because the timer ran out in the middle of a sound effect or animation (not sure which) the move doesn't count and your game is over. Basically every popcap game shares this problem, including dynomite. Anyone know if the people at popcap have actually learned how to program games since those days?

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  2. Re:Crap! by DavidLeblond · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please forgive me, I didn't mean to say that Bejeweled 1 or 2 has ad-ware, I meant ActiveX in general. (a lot of spyware/adware is installed via ActiveX... I was just saying that since Mac doesn't support ActiveX then we don't have the same adware problems although as a result, apparently we can't play Bejeweled 2)

    Though I'm kinda let down that Bejeweled 2 doesn't work on my Mac! Are you guys planning on supporting it?