# Is Popcap dead?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223 "2001-04-08T03:11:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223/1 "2001-04-08T03:11:20Z")

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For those who do not know, Popcap developed the games Alchemy and Bejeweled, which are very popular at the MSN Gaming Zone.

I tried to access [popcap.com](http://popcap.com) as usual on Friday and Saturday to play their other games, but the url could not be found.

I did a Google search on “popcap” and found this site [http://www.sexyactioncool.com/](http://www.sexyactioncool.com/) , but it also could not accessed. Google’s cached copy contains the following:

> [@](#):
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> PLAY POPCAP GAMES  
> Check out Diamond Mine, Alchemy, and our new game Atomica on [http://www.popcap.com](http://www.popcap.com), Sexy Action Cool’s mass-market family games channel.
> 
> No chicks disrobing here, just fast, fun java gameplay!

In this [January 8, 2001 TIME article](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,93297,00.html), popcap was mentioned as already being profitable.

But despite this positive report, it looks like it has gone the way of other failed dot-coms. Does anyone know what the real story is?

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223/2 "2001-04-08T03:20:36Z")

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Damn, I wish I knew too. I’ve been having serious Psychobabble withdrawls these last few days.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223/3 "2001-04-08T04:30:15Z")

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I kicked some serious Psychobabble butt a few nights ago. When I went over the top with 30 points, my nearest competitor had just 13 points.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223/4 "2001-04-10T06:35:26Z")

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Well, it’s back. Must have been some kind of domain mixup.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-popcap-dead/61223/5 "2001-04-10T06:46:18Z")

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OOC, did anybody here break the 100K mark for Bejeweled?