iPad World

Club Penguin is no hybrid chocolate bar.

It’s a browser MMO about cartoon penguins and their snowy online world of mini-games and igloo decorating. It’s a giant; a business boasting 150 million registered accounts and 10 to 15 million active monthly users. And a portion of those pay £5 every month.

Lane Merrifield created it for his children.

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“It’s the worst videogame ever made.”

That’s the verdict on Desert Bus by LoadingReadyRun, the group behind the hugely successful Desert Bus for Hope annual charity event. And these guys should know, having endured endless hours behind the wheel of the bus since the first marathon session was staged in November 2007 in aid of the Child’s Play charity.

Desert Bus is boring, annoying, unrewarding and ridiculous. It’s also oddly captivating.

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