A couple weeks ago I posted about a free app that had just been released for the Kindle. Then something strange happened. They took it down only a few hours after it was released.
Today I noticed that Hidden Expedition: Amazon was available again in the Kindle store, and this time around it costs $5. This is a hidden object game, and I don’t think it’s worth getting.You have to use the d-pad in place of a mouse and it doesn’t work well. The effect of watching the cursor scroll across the screen is annoying.
But the more interesting detail here is that this app was only one of a bunch of problems in the Kindle Store that week. An ebook was uploaded (with incomplete data and nonsensical description) and removed. There was also a Kindle app that got released with the wrong metadata, a generic cover, and a game inside that had nothing to do with the name of the app. And then there was the Accuweather app, which was released and then pulled from the Kindle app store.
That was a weird week. I wish I’d thought to get screen shots; it looked like the Kindle Store was having a stroke.
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Thanks for the coverage, Nate! For those who want to learn more, you can see a collection of screenshots from the game on the Big Fish blog.
http://www.bigfishgames.com/blog/hidden-expedition-amazon-for-kindle-now-available/