Can’t… Stop… Mega Arcading….
Posted by Jonathan Kleiman on December 27th, 2007 12:08 PMI recently stumbled upon a fantastic Facebook application that is essentially a full-featured arcade that doesn’t take quarters! Of course, on Facebook, the dirty equivalent to a quarter is usually the requirement to spam friends with ads for the application, which is not required of the user here!
There are tons of games on the application (1,500) and they’re as easy to use and access as any other flash game online. They’ve got the classics like pac-man and some great super-mario games, and you don’t need to do anything remotely spammy to play!
I suppose the benefit of having your flash-arcade-of-choice on Facebook is the ability to see what games your friends are playing, to invite them to play the same game as you, and to compare scores after.
Think of it as an addictinggames.com on Facebook with the added benefit of social interaction. People can also rate and comment games, making it easy for the most playable games to rise to the top, while a base of 1,500 games is enough to keep anybody busy for quite some time.
I definitely recommend this application if you’re bored. Let me know if you find a diamond-in-the-rough game I missed!
- Jonathan Kleiman runs a Canadian Professional Network called Probook and a law blog called LegalIntellects.com
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December 27th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Cool App! nice idea..
but I came here wondering if I could find anything being said on facebook just not working right now? nowhere but facebook is giving me hassle
December 27th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Funny that his app is doing well, because we made a test/temp one, and used Pacman as one of the games, only to be sent a C&D from the original creators of Pacman! Definitely wasn’t expecting that, not to mention, there were no ads on the app, and on top of that, it got under 5,000 installs too! I wouldn’t be surprised if Trademark and Copyright lawyers start making a new business out of sending cease and decists to FB app developers/owners, ESPECIALLY if they are profitting from the apps! Food for thought..
December 27th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Cool App! nice idea..
but I came here wondering if I could find anything being said on facebook just not working right now? nowhere but facebook is giving me hassle
December 27th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Funny that his app is doing well, because we made a test/temp one, and used Pacman as one of the games, only to be sent a C&D from the original creators of Pacman! Definitely wasn’t expecting that, not to mention, there were no ads on the app, and on top of that, it got under 5,000 installs too! I wouldn’t be surprised if Trademark and Copyright lawyers start making a new business out of sending cease and decists to FB app developers/owners, ESPECIALLY if they are profitting from the apps! Food for thought..
December 27th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
They have like 9 daily active users… Their C&D is probably coming if you got one too. I know the inventor of Mrs PacMan personally. Shame :S
December 27th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
I think youre right thought. Any branded apps not actually owned by the brand (like the starbucks one) will be sued… unless they become big and are accepted by fans, in which case they’ll likely bought
December 27th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Does this mean Metallica will be the first to publicly sue everyone who puts a streaming song of theirs in an app (rip napster 1.0)? Ha!
December 27th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Metallica is no longer a band and has decided to open a full service class-action firm exclusively catering to rock stars who want to sue their fans.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
I hereby declare that the following comment was a joke, as per the cease and desist order sent to me by Metallica 30 seconds ago.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
*previous comment
December 27th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
They have like 9 daily active users… Their C&D is probably coming if you got one too. I know the inventor of Mrs PacMan personally. Shame :S
December 27th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
I think youre right thought. Any branded apps not actually owned by the brand (like the starbucks one) will be sued… unless they become big and are accepted by fans, in which case they’ll likely bought
December 27th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Does this mean Metallica will be the first to publicly sue everyone who puts a streaming song of theirs in an app (rip napster 1.0)? Ha!
December 27th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Metallica is no longer a band and has decided to open a full service class-action firm exclusively catering to rock stars who want to sue their fans.
December 27th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
I hereby declare that the following comment was a joke, as per the cease and desist order sent to me by Metallica 30 seconds ago.
December 27th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
*previous comment
December 28th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Hi folks,
Im the creator of the facebook mega arcade, and guess as its my responsibility Id better state my case!! (It is something that I guess I never foresaw in the creation of the app.)
In my defense that particular app came as part of a package that I purchased from a reputable company whom distribute content for websites.
Strictly speaking Im not sure if this would be considered a website, and if the owners of the intellectual property do contact me then I guess we will have to arrange something, perhaps a royalty per play.
Either way, I would rather keep pacman, as I’m old enough to have been one of the pacman generation, and just for personal enjoyment Id rather keep it as its such a great game!
thanks for your interest in my app, and I hope you all keep it while I add new features including improved interaction between players, leaderboards and chat facilities.
thanks!
Martin.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:31 am
Hi folks,
Im the creator of the facebook mega arcade, and guess as its my responsibility Id better state my case!! (It is something that I guess I never foresaw in the creation of the app.)
In my defense that particular app came as part of a package that I purchased from a reputable company whom distribute content for websites.
Strictly speaking Im not sure if this would be considered a website, and if the owners of the intellectual property do contact me then I guess we will have to arrange something, perhaps a royalty per play.
Either way, I would rather keep pacman, as I’m old enough to have been one of the pacman generation, and just for personal enjoyment Id rather keep it as its such a great game!
thanks for your interest in my app, and I hope you all keep it while I add new features including improved interaction between players, leaderboards and chat facilities.
thanks!
Martin.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Hahahaha!! Good save Jonathan! ;P
December 28th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Hahahaha!! Good save Jonathan! ;P
December 28th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Upside is… if you bought this from a legitimate company you have somebody to sue when it turns out to be a worthless piece of junk if the C&D order comes through. You can ask them if you can assume all the rights are included, so when they’re not it was reasonable for you to have relied as such.
December 28th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
*legal disclaimer: im not a lawyer and i know nothing
December 29th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Upside is… if you bought this from a legitimate company you have somebody to sue when it turns out to be a worthless piece of junk if the C&D order comes through. You can ask them if you can assume all the rights are included, so when they’re not it was reasonable for you to have relied as such.
December 29th, 2007 at 12:34 am
*legal disclaimer: im not a lawyer and i know nothing