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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....

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    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.

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      Dave Haas
      Chief Operating Officer
      PopCap Games
    3. 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?

  2. Taking on new roles by centauri · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear that in this one you get to play as the guy who loads the jewels in at the top.

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  3. Good for them by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    if only we could get all of the crack dealers of the world to donate to charity for each sale...

  4. Staggering! by TheSwink · · Score: 5, Insightful
    That's just amazing...are you guys aware just how many copies of Bejeweled 2 Popcap is likely to sell in that time? That's unbelievably generous.

    Also interesting and of note are the fact that it's basically the same game with more highly polished graphics and sound. Oh, and Scott Kim did the new puzzle mode, which won't appeal to fans (addicts?) of the original game but which will likely rope in more 'hardcore' players. Bejeweled is the quintessential casual game, the first breakout success in a sector that went from 0 to multimillion in the last five years or so.

    Swink

  5. 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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  6. 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.

  7. 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