1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comSteve Butts Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/stevebutts/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GKSfvCU0GW"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/review-bejeweled-3/">Review: <I>Bejeweled 3</I></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/review-bejeweled-3/embed/#?secret=GKSfvCU0GW" width="600" height="338" title="“Review: <I>Bejeweled 3</I>” — The Escapist" data-secret="GKSfvCU0GW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> I’ve come to accept that whether or not the world actually needs another version of Bejeweled is actually irrelevant. PopCap’s jewel-matching game has been staggeringly popular for nearly ten years now, so wondering whether or not a sequel is actually justified seems beside the point. After all, popular franchises like Call of Duty, Madden and Guitar Hero have been popping out sequels for years with only the smallest of iterative changes, so who are we to judge Bejeweled by a different standard? The good news is that Bejeweled 3 doesn’t break anything that made the series such a success and […]