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FROM APPLETELL - Freeverse’s games are normally all about personality so it’s odd that the company would publish the most personality-free versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune to date…
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Title: Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
Price: $20
System(s): PC and Mac
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Mousechief (Mousechief)
TIGRS Rating: “Teen” for mild language, cartoon violence, suggestive themes, crass humor, alcohol reference, tobacco reference and drug reference
Pros: Innovative story, colorful characters, beautiful ambiance, intuitive controls and fun mini-games, auto save and multiple save slots.
Cons: Best played in short bursts, some boyfriends are hard to win over and new taunts can be difficult to come by.
Overall Score: Two thumbs up, 95/100, A, ****1/2 out of 5.

Dangeous High School Girls in Trouble (DHSGiT) is simply an amazing game. It is a delightful, empowering, entertaining and captivating adventure that you can play for 15 minutes or for hours. The two areas where this casual game from Mousechief really shines are the vibrant characters and the witty script, but the whole game is really just phenomenal…

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Wizards of the Coast has announced that Gleemax is out. The social networking site for gamers is scheduled to be phased out and completely removed from the internet in September 2008 so Wizards of the Coast can focus on sites like Dungeons & Dragons Insider and Magic: The Gathering Online. On July 28, Randy Buehler, Vice President of Digital Gaming, posted an entry on Gleemax announcing the news.

The Gleemax site was first created in October, 2007. It was designed to allow tabletop gamers to interact and talk over forums, share blogs, write reviews, chat online and play free Gleemax games. A marketplace function was also discussed, but never implemented, and there were also links to Dungeons & Dragons Insider and Magic the Gathering Online.

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Hasbro has just filed a lawsuit against the makers of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. Scrabulous was created by Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla under the name RJ Softwares and has 506,580 daily active users according to its Facebook page.

Hasbro is alledging that Scrabulous is ripping off its board game (and now Facebook game) Scrabble. Hasbro is demanding that the application be removed from Facebook in US and Canada, since EA and Hasbro have released a Scrabble Facebook app in those countries.

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FROM APPLETELL - I thought this was going to be a top-down, 2D style Mahjong game, where it’s hard to tell what level the pieces are on. Not so. In fact, this game feels like a mature release from the App Store.
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Majesco’s first Facebook game has been revealed - it will be working with Large Animal Games to bring Bananagrams to users of the social networking site. The game will be a free Facebook application on August 18, 2008, with additional features and upgrades added later. The official Bananagrams press release does not state if the game will only be open to US and Canadian users, like EA’s Scrabble.

Bananagrams, like EA’s Scrabble, is based on a previously existing board game and also involves using tiles to create words. However, Bananagrams is more of a free-for-all. A pile of tiles is created and each person is given tiles, and immediately every player goes to work creating words at the same time. The person who uses all of his tiles after the pile of tiles is gone is the winner. 

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The Facebook Scrabble open beta from the EA/Hasbro partnership officially launched yesterday (July 14, 2008). Frustrated by the fan-ripoffs, the official version was created and released, and now more Hasbro games are planned. Scrabble is the first social networking site version of an EA/Hasbro game, but not the last, as the companies have more games planned.

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EA is ready to wipe your Scrabble clone-playin’ guilt away with a legit, free version of the tabletop classic for Facebook. The videogame megapublisher has the official Hasbro board game available on Pogo right now and it will be available on social networking site Facebook later this month.

What really jumps out of the Pogo version is the more authentic replication of the traditional board and tiles although it’s a little…

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FROM APPLETELL - Master Kick brings foosball to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Palms complete with the full atmosphere of a proper soccer match.
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There may be some hope for Halo fans who are waiting for their Xbox 360s afflicted with the Red Ring of Death. Genius Products and B1 Games are going to be releasing a Halo Interactive Strategy Board Game. In September 2008, players will be able to face off against one another as the UNSC Marines and Covenant in a modular board game. The image at the right from ICv2 shows concept art of the game’s box.

The Halo board game will have different play modes to suit different play styles. People can play fast Heroic games, epic Legendary games, campaign Slayer games or PvP Capture the Flag games. Also, Genius Products and B1 Games will release expansion packs with extra characters and vehicles.

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