PANIC IN GERUND PARK (via The Mother Judd):

Scrabulous Barred to North American Users (HEATHER TIMMONS, 7/30/08, NY Times)

“Boycott Hasbro!”

The rallying cry started early Tuesday after fans of Scrabulous, an online knockoff of the classic board game Scrabble, woke up to find that their game had been abruptly removed from Facebook.com, the social networking site.

To make matters worse, people who tried to download the official Hasbro version of Scrabble found that it did not work either. The authorized game had been the victim of “a malicious attack” on Tuesday morning, its developer said — an attack that came right on the heels of the sudden disappearance of Scrabulous.

It looks like the game might be better at the official Scrabulous site if for no other reason than you can play by email, which notifies you when the other person played. I'm there as orrinj/orrin-at-brothersjudd.com if you want to play.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2008 8:01 AM