Comments on: Facebook application Scrabulous shuts down in the US and Canada, as it faces Hasbro lawsuit

By: Scrabulous’ last gasp? Facebook app disappears overseas » VentureBeat

Scrabulous’ last gasp? Facebook app disappears overseas » VentureBeat — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:48:45 +0000

[...] course, this move doesn’t affect me or most of our readers, since the Agarwalla brothers already Scrabulous down in the U.S. and Canada, where they’ve replaced it with a similar-but-not-too-similar game called Wordscraper. In [...]

By: Triple Points, Less 92 - The Web Laureate

Triple Points, Less 92 - The Web Laureate — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:47:57 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:43:38 +0000

It's obvious that Scrabulous must be saved. Everyone loves it and Hasbro should try and buy te rights or shut up and let people enjoy their game. Check out this campaign to fight for it: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/hasbro-compro...

By: Canada » Off-Topic...but worth mentioning... :: insasyNic

Canada » Off-Topic...but worth mentioning... :: insasyNic — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:06:02 +0000

[...] Facebook application Scrabulous shuts down in the US and Canada …It had licensed the game to Electronic Arts back in October, which led to an application that today is experiencing technical difficulties, and has a trifling 15000 daily active users. Last week, the brothers Agarwalla were sued … [...]

By: Eric Eldon

Eric Eldon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:02:29 +0000

Excuse me. Dean Takahashi emailed the brothers directly and they sent that in response. Dean, as you'll note if you follow my links to our previous coverage of this issue, has previously spoken directly to the brothers. Shame on you for jumping to conclusions and insulting my work.

By: a reader

a reader — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:43:28 +0000

When you write “… here's what the brothers tell us,” and then quote at length from a press release, you are being deliberately misleading about the exclusivity of your reporting. Shame on you.

By: Gwendolyn Pogrowski

Gwendolyn Pogrowski — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:04:56 +0000

dammit hasbro! do you exist for people to enjoy your games or to make as much money as you can? sadly for you, i don't think this move is going to help advance you in your obvious stance on the above. a better money-grubbing scheme would have been to charge 10 cents a game or something. now you're just ending everyones' fun. boo.

By: Facebook, Scrabble and Scrabulous — Why all the Hulabaloo? - Profy.Com

Facebook, Scrabble and Scrabulous — Why all the Hulabaloo? - Profy.Com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:35:58 +0000

[...] The issue, of course, is that the application Scrabulous almost perfectly mimmicks the game Scrabble, which Scrabble creator Hasbro is not fond of. Let's not kid ourselves — we aren't really playing Scrabulous, per se…we're playing Scrabble as interpreted by Scrabulous. Scrabulous has been around since June of 2006, and since its inception, Hasbro wised up to the rave success of the internet game sensation and decided to provide a legitimate version of internet-based Scrabble back in January with gaming giant Electronic Arts. EA never fails to spoil good games, and true to form, the real Scrabble internet application is buggy; some say, due to the bugs and problems, Scrabble online has never really gained a huge following, having only 15,000 or so daily users, according to Venture Beat. [...]

By: Triple Points, Less 92 « The Web Laureate

Triple Points, Less 92 « The Web Laureate — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:56:57 +0000

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