Liberalism already pollutes the ecosystem of American media: TV shows, movies, books, etc. Now, a popular trivia game is inundating its gamers with environmentalism.
The heavily downloaded mobile app Trivia Crack recently announced it would push environmentalism onto its players, as part of an Apple initiative celebrating Earth Day.
Etermax, the company behind Trivia Crack, announced on April 14, 2016, via twitter that it partnered with Apple and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to support the environment. Trivia Crack now includes trivia categories representing green causes and will donate proceeds from in-app purchases to WWF.
The change is part of Etermax’s support for Apple’s #AppsforEarth initiative, which collects proceeds from participating apps and donates them to WWF. Other #AppsforEarth include Kendall and Kylie Kardashian’s mobile game, Angry Birds 2, and Candy Crush Soda Saga.
Changes include a new center for the game’s trivia wheel center with the panda from WWF’s logo. The game’s trivia categories changed as well, to represent environmentalist causes. The new categories include Fresh Water, Oceans, Wildlife, Climate and Forests.
Maximo Cavazzani, CEO of Etermax, said in a video posted to Twitter that the new trivia cards allowed users to “support special initiatives to protect forests, oceans, and wildlife.” Players can now buy “Earth Cards,” with proceeds going towards WWF.
We've joined @World_Wildlife & @AppStore to protect together our planet. #AppsforEarth https://t.co/dAzYiw2VPthttps://t.co/UweI932jo3
— Trivia Crack (@triviacrack) April 14, 2016
The game includes trivia questions such as:
“What has been recycled in sustainable sport shoes?”
“Which is not a source of renewable energy?”
“What country has a vegetarian Mcdonalds?”
When players get a question right, they can try to win one of the environmentalist characters: a fish, frog, tiger, panda, octopus, and squirrell. If the player wins a chosen character, Trivia Crack prompts them to “Support WWF.”
Not everyone was happy with Trivia Crack’s changes. The response to the Twitter post containing Cavazzani’s announcement was overwhelmingly negative. Many tweeters complained about Etermax injecting politics into the game.
@triviacrack @World_Wildlife @AppStore are the tree hugging questions forever? If so, I'll just delete
— Lisa (@ljf1967) April 14, 2016
@ljf1967 @triviacrack @World_Wildlife @AppStore Just let me chill & do something non-political - but NOOOO - they need to wreck it.
— We the People (@GameCzar1) April 15, 2016
@TrammellHewitt @triviacrack @World_Wildlife @AppStore Propaganda pretending to be fun...
— We the People (@GameCzar1) April 15, 2016
@triviacrack @World_Wildlife @AppStore That's great and all but why does every question now have to be about earth day? It's awful. #Fail
— Wilgive Twineloin (@WilgiveT) April 14, 2016
@triviacrack @World_Wildlife @AppStore the update is horrible. I'm deleting the app
— Fantasy Jeanyus (@FantasyJeanyus) April 15, 2016
Trivia Crack also gives players the option to donate to WWF through a pop-up that reads: “Trivia Crack, Apple and WWF are working together to protect life on our planet.”
WWF has a history of pushing climate alarmism. In 2014, for example, zoologist Susan Crockford slammed WWF for attributing large gatherings of walruses near Alaska to climate change. “The attempts by WWF and others to link this event to global warming is self-serving nonsense that has nothing to do with science,” Crockford reportedly said.
