Scandalous!

After several months of to-ing and fro-ing, the evil corporation known only as..uhhh..J.W.Spear Board Games…has finally pulled Scrabulous from the small, independantly owned family website Facebook. I say it’s no coincidence that the scrabble.com website shows a strategic map of the world, clearly as part of waddingtons/mattel’s plans to take awayour freedom and force us all into the ghetto (clearly labelled as “old kent road” on the monopoly board…unless you live in America…or in the Star Wars universe..). I wouldn’t normally care, but I’m the kind of loser who has managed to have a back and forth series of games running for well over a year with the same person, and it seems damned inconsiderate seeing as I was 130 points ahead on the last game! I digress. I guess the point is, what kind of world are we living in where you can’t steal someone’s idea outright, not even bother to change the name that much, and then expect to make millions of dollars without them making a fuss-are these the kind of values we want to instill in our children? I can’t help but think of the poor, starving owners of wineverygame.com myself. It’s a sad day my friends. (Not really).