Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:36 am
Uh... weird, they changed the name of some games.
Whack-A-Kass is now Kass Basher
Whack-A-Ghost is now Ghost Bopper
Whack-A-Staff-Member is now TNT Staff Smasher
How dumb is that? I guess the powers that be decided that the word "whack" was to violent or something?
Or are there some copyright issues with Whack-A-Mole? LOL
But the images and stuff in the game still say the old names. Wonder if they'll change those too?
Whack-A-Kass is now Kass Basher
Whack-A-Ghost is now Ghost Bopper
Whack-A-Staff-Member is now TNT Staff Smasher
How dumb is that? I guess the powers that be decided that the word "whack" was to violent or something?
Or are there some copyright issues with Whack-A-Mole? LOLBut the images and stuff in the game still say the old names. Wonder if they'll change those too?
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:44 am
That is strange. I wonder why that came about... 
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:42 am
I just noticed that too. Very odd. At first I was worried that they updated Whack-A-Kass like they did with UB -> UBII. Thankfully they did not.
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:48 pm
Meer wrote: I guess the powers that be decided that the word "whack" was to violent or something?
Probably one of those two.
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:18 pm
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:12 pm
This one was posted a day earlier (the one Meer made)
Re: Game Name Changes
Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:19 pm
Touche.
Re: Game Name Changes
Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:59 pm
When will it stop? So many things are copyrighted! Sooner or later it's going to be every catchphrase from TV shows, any company names, items, etc. :|
Re: Game Name Changes
Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:37 pm
Helena wrote:When will it stop? So many things are copyrighted! Sooner or later it's going to be every catchphrase from TV shows, any company names, items, etc. :|
All I can say is that there is really nothing to be done.
Re: Game Name Changes
Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:02 am
From today's Editorial:
So, TNT -- I totally just noticed that you changed "Whack-a-Kass" to Kass Basher, but the icon beside the game still says "Whack-a-Kass"! Were you guys getting around to it, or trying to trick us? ~Mushroomsofdoom
Lawyerbot's programming was updated and he learned there might be some "whack-a" games that existed prior to our Neopian games, so we renamed them. (He tends to be touchy about those things.)
So, TNT -- I totally just noticed that you changed "Whack-a-Kass" to Kass Basher, but the icon beside the game still says "Whack-a-Kass"! Were you guys getting around to it, or trying to trick us? ~Mushroomsofdoom
Lawyerbot's programming was updated and he learned there might be some "whack-a" games that existed prior to our Neopian games, so we renamed them. (He tends to be touchy about those things.)
Re: Game Name Changes
Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:40 am
Oh my, I originally made that comment about copyright as a joke, I didn't really think whack-a-___ could be copyrighted! 
Oh what is this world coming to?
Oh what is this world coming to?