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Amazon Adds Free Kindle Video Games; Will Anybody Play?

51hj3wHDduL._SS400_.jpgThe Kindle Store has added two free video games for the eReader, both designed by Amazon’s digital team.

The first game is entitled Every Word (pictured) and the other game is entitled Shuffled Row–both work like Scrabble on speed. eBookNewser has all the details.

What do you think? Our Facebook readers were unimpressed. Caterina Nelson wrote: “I have an iPod Touch for playing games, and I don’t even play the ones I have on it (and Kindle’s not going to catch up with the resolution of a computer screen anytime soon).”

Facebook reader Alan McCluskey added: “If enhanced ebooks is the way we are going – and I’m not 100% convinced — then Amazon have a lot of catching up to do with their Kindle…”

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