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Feb
25

It’s Actually Kind Of Easy Being Green

We’ve finally recovered from partying way too hard in the last badges post — it was touch and go there for a few days — and hope you have too, because we’re back with more great badges to come! Let’s start with a riddle: we’re thinking of something small, golden, and highly coveted. Secret pirate [...]

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Feb
01

Look Before You Leap

Welcome to February – all 29 days of it. Every four years or so, you can spend a solid month around this time of year explaining anything that’s peculiar, unknown, or just a little weird on the fact that a leap day is coming up. Weird noises outside at night? Leap year. Your socks keep [...]

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Dec
23

Happy Holidays from SCVNGR HQ

‘Tis the season for giving, so SCVNGR’s stuffing your stocking (or smartphone) with 3 festive badges. From Decemeber 20-28, playing SCVNGR will unlock this symbol of spinnin’ dreidels. Rejoice in your earning with a little song, “I have a little dreidel-bot, I earned it just today. Badges, Badges, Badges, oh SCVNGR I play…” You’ll definitely [...]

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Dec
13

#Gamify Your Holiday Shopping?

For some of us, the holidays signal the yearly ritual of overpaying for gifts that are our loved ones don’t want, don’t need, or already have. Though nothing can change this hallowed tradition, this year, two clever organizations have endeavored to make the shopping season a little less painful for us. At least our holiday [...]

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Dec
08

Challenges for Charity: That Bot’s Got Heart!

You know that SCVNGR is free for players. You know that SCVNGR is free for builders under 5 credits, but did you know that SCVNGR also awards 6 nonprofit builder scholarships every year? ‘Tis true! This year one of our first grant recipients for our December grant round is TweetDrive, a nonprofit that hosts Tweetups [...]

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