7 posts and columns on Scrabulous

Game Site OMGPOP Asks Teens to Pay Up

in Media on June 15, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Earlier this year, casual game site OMGPOP raised $5 million from venture capitalists. Now it’s trying to extract some cash from its users.
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Wordscraper Leaves Hasbro at a Loss for Words

in News on July 31, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Well, this certainly wasn’t what Hasbro had in mind when it sued Scrabulous for copyright infringement. No, I’d guess boycotts, malicious attacks on the official online version of Scrabble, and the rebirth of the knockoff of the classic board game under a new name were about the last things on its mind.

Scrabulous No Longer a Stratego Risk to Hasbro Monopoly

in News on July 29, 2008 at 8:26 am PT

“Scrabble: Every Word’s a WINNER!” Except for Scrabulous, apparently. The online knockoff of Hasbro’s 75-year-old word game has been removed from Facebook at the game-maker’s request.

Microsoft So Totally Over Yahoo

in News on July 25, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Scrabulous Hangs On for Now (But It Should Be Hung Out to Dry by Facebook)

in News on January 25, 2008 at 1:01 am PT

Apparently, rumors of Scrabulous‘s demise have been greatly exaggerated. So far. Although the popular Facebook widget was supposed to be taken down two weeks ago and then last week–pretty much because it obviously infringed on the rights of the owners of the popular word game Scrabble–it is still up and working on the service and [...]