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Lest you hadn't heard, Hasbro and Zynga recently teamed up to create board game versions of its popular video games. That includes a CityVille (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/cityville)-themed version of Monopoly, a weird mash-up of FarmVille (http://joystiq.com/tag/farmville) and Hungry Hungry Hippos, and Draw Something (http://joystiq.com/tag/draw-something) (the board game mechanics of which should be self-explanatory).
Bizarrely, the collection also includes a board game version of Words with Friends (http://joystiq.com/tag/words-with-friends). Words with Friends is often cited as being very similar - practically to the point of infringement - to Scrabble, the classic word game published by ... Hasbro. Just to reiterate: this is the board game version of a video game version of a different board game published by a company that should be, in theory, a competitor.
Try not to let your head explode.Continue reading Hasbro's Zynga board games now available, paradoxical (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/hasbros-zynga-board-games-now-available-paradoxical/)
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Lest you hadn't heard, Hasbro and Zynga recently teamed up to create board game versions of its popular video games. That includes a CityVille (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/cityville)-themed version of Monopoly, a weird mash-up of FarmVille (http://joystiq.com/tag/farmville) and Hungry Hungry Hippos, and Draw Something (http://joystiq.com/tag/draw-something) (the board game mechanics of which should be self-explanatory).
Bizarrely, the collection also includes a board game version of Words with Friends (http://joystiq.com/tag/words-with-friends). Words with Friends is often cited as being very similar - practically to the point of infringement - to Scrabble, the classic word game published by ... Hasbro. Just to reiterate: this is the board game version of a video game version of a different board game published by a company that should be, in theory, a competitor.
Try not to let your head explode.Continue reading Hasbro's Zynga board games now available, paradoxical (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/hasbros-zynga-board-games-now-available-paradoxical/)
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