Sneak peek: The Celebdaq upgrade
I’ve been a Celebdaq player for several years now. Celebdaq is the BBC-based celebrity stock exchange game where the more publicity a famous person gets, the higher their stock rises.
The celebrities listed on the stock exchange game are overwhelmingly British, but there’s also a few Americans here and there, so it’s still pretty simple to keep abreast of what’s hip to the British press.
A few months ago, I got an e-mail from the good folks at Celebdaq. They wanted to know what I like about the game and what I wish was better.
I promptly fired off an e-mail and just this week, they responded with an invitation to the Beta-test to the all new Celebdaq.
The new Celebdaq is brighter and more — uhm — peppy compared to the Celebdaq of old. It still features pretty much the same info as the older version. Above, for example, is Robert Pattinson’s biography with a fancy fever chart to assess his public activity.
The features for the new program include better descriptions of how your shares are doing too. Here, we can monitor the “break even” point for earning money on Simon Cowell. These listings (which ought to be collapsible in my opinion) also show you the current share price and its gain by percentage and its gain in fantasy British Pounds.
The new Celebdaq also revives a past tradition of snarky articles on celebrities, which is half the fun of the game.
Don’t ask me to explain the British obsession with American Katy Perry. Sure, she’s dating Russell Brand, but beyond that, I’m in the dark.
– JOHN SIMCOE