Cringe inducing "Baby Shaker" app approved for iTunes Store, gets a Billion hits

[BlodiaVulcan5]

VIDEO of the app in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLA7TnOVMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAM9VFM6HzY

cnn article:


http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/biztech/04/24/cnet.apple.baby.shaker.app/

Just hours before the App Store offers up its 1 billionth download, Apple was forced to acknowledge that perhaps the most notorious iPhone application ever constructed was "deeply offensive" and a "mistake."

Macworld noticed that Sikalosoft has posted an early candidate for Understatement of the Year on its new Web site. "Okay, so maybe the Baby Shaker iPhone app was a bad idea."



It's appalling for anyone to even make something like that, even more so when people pay to download it.

The concept is funny at first, but then becomes deeply disturbing when two big Red "X's" pop up over the infant's eyes when you "shake it to death."

[Strike_Prime]

your right, the red x's pretty much killed the whole thing about it.

i think whoever made this is fucked up in the head

[tajiri]

It's appalling for anyone to even make something like that, even more so when people pay to download it.

The concept is funny at first, but then becomes deeply disturbing when two big Red "X's" pop up over the infant's eyes when you "shake it to death."

go go double standards!

it's a video game.

get over it people.

[Nick T.]

go go double standards!

it's a video game.

get over it people.

^
He does have a point. haha

[BlodiaVulcan5]

i'm not losing sleep over it.

Although, there are lines to be drawn, and bad taste in general.

[tajiri]

Although, there are lines to be drawn, and bad taste in general.

lines to be drawn?

people will always be offended.

i don't really think apple should pull the app.

this "bad media" just generates revenue.

as alice cooper once said: "you wanna know the secret to making money? make and album the kid's parents hate..."

[odin]

i dunno man
i dont know many video games where you kill babies

[Tim Static]

Babality?

[odin]

killing babies?

[The Damned]

I'm rather surprised that Apple took it down so quickly, rather than, you know, try and market it at like mothers or something.

"Next time you want to shake your baby, shake this!"

Society needs more aggro-outlets.

[Taito]

"Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? There's an app for that too" *awful scene music*

killing babies?
I'm pretty sure Silent Hill let you do that, I forget which game.

[g3nshir0_]

That was shit. I'm offended that you wasted my time.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

That was shit. I'm offended that you wasted my time.Pot, kettle, black.

[g3nshir0_]

I fail to see how that applies to me. It wasn't directed at the initial poster, but rather at the fact that this is even a news item.

[odin]

it applies to you because all your shitty threads waste everyones time

[g3nshir0_]

Then why do you nerdlings post in them? That's right, because I actually make good threads that create discussion. I don't even care if it is negative, it still works.

[Las Vegas Pimp]

I think this app my save some babies.

[The Damned]

Ye gods, people. Just put g3nshir0_ on your ignore list already and call it a day.

It's not difficult and it's the worst thing you do to an obvious attention whore.

[Aria]

Huh, so Apple took it down, then? Surprised that they didn't do so earlier.

[Iduno]

I think its pretty funny how shakeing a drawing of a baby to "death" can piss people off.

Apple has successfuly trolled everyone so over sensitive to be bothered by stuff like this lol.

[BareKnuckle]

It didn't look that full on, the babies weren't even moving...

Sucks if you paid money for it though lol.

[Autocrat1]

Wiiiiiii!

[BudaFuka]

Just goes to show people will buy anything. I'm not even talking about the babies, this is seriously the most terrible game I have ever seen in my life. You look at a picture, listen to some baby sounds, shake it, and some X's pop up? I could have more fun adding random numbers in a calculator. WTF humanity:annoy::mad:, making some dumbasses rich for some stupid novelty shit.

[ThePurpleBunny]

Then why do you nerdlings post in them?

Gotta get that ship!

[mr. newbie]

oh those dickheads won't approve opera but they approved this?