Spelling it out
Product: SpiritPad: The Oracle | Developer: Mad Monkey Militia Games | Genre: Card/ board game, Multiplayer
by Jon Jordan
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Hilariously, considering its status either as a channel to the dead or the play thing of drunk fratboys, the Ouija board was actually popularised by boardgame company Parker Brothers, of Monopoly and Cludeo fame. Indeed, it now has the copyright on that term.
Of course, the spirit board had form before 1890 but it was the US Spiritualist Movement that kickstarted its popularity, or infamy, in the west.
And it seems that feeling still continues as Mad Monkey Militia has just announced its iPad exclusive SpiritPad: The Oracle will be an April 3rd launch title.
Describing it as a "multiplayer board game with a supernatural twist", it seems not to be taking the phenomenon too seriously, though.
It will also be interesting to see if Apple's approval police have something to say about it, considering the controversy in many part of the US concerning such things.
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