Thursday, January 3, 2008

Here Come The Bears!


In Winter 2007, Build-A-Bear opened their online virtual town. Dubbed "Build-A-Bearville," this online city allows users to play games and chat in a relatively safe community. Those users who own Build-A-Bears bought after October 2007 can bring their furry friend to life online by entering their bear's special code. This code is found on the bear's birth certificate. If a user has a furry friend from before October 2007, they can (for a limited time only) pick up a "Welcome Pass" at any Build-A-Bear location. Then, they use the code on this "Welcome Pass" to bring up to 5 of their furry friends to life. Users without a furry friend have only limited access of the town. Build-A-Bearville includes a Pawforming Arts Center (where bear-owning users can dance with their bears and play a DJ game featuring Build-a-Bear songs), a virtual Build-A-Bear Workshop (where users can play games, bear-owning users can dress up their bear, and users can use codes to bring their physical Build-A-Bear friends to life), a Libeary (where users can play a traditional matching tiles game, listen in on "Story Time" to a Dr. Seuss story, download desktops and other fun stuff, and begin quests for magic jewels and the like), a neighbearhood (where users can play a twist on "Hide-and-Seek," and bear-owning users can visit their own Cub Condo or a friend's), a forest (where users can play several games - hand-eye coordination games such as "Photo Safari" and "Dunking for Apples," word games such as "Words fur the Birds," and games such as the "Pie Eating Contest." Also included is a cute "Canine Care" game.), and more. Build-A-Bearville citizens, upon logging in, can select their country and then a "Den." (a Build-a-Bear online synonym for "server") '- from Wikipedia

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