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If you ever wanted to get your friends to notice you, try kidnapping them on Facebook with the browser game Kidnap! by Context Optional and Rapp.
Context Optional is a premier Facebook application and viral widget development company and Rapp is a global direct marketing agency known for creating award-winning, data driven marketing solutions for the new Consumerscape.
In this game you begin by creating a hideout in a worldwide city. There are more than 20 to choose from, from Anchorage, Alaska and Honolulu, Hawaii to Beijing, China and Moscow, Russia. With each hideout you select, you get interesting facts about the area.
Once settled, it's time to start kidnapping your friends before they can kidnap you using one of many different methods from the basic 8-ball in a sock knock out, potato sack nab, giant flypaper or trap them in a cargo box with air holes on level one. As you kidnap your friends and cage them you earn experience points that unlock even more devious traps you can use to nab them with, like the Yorkie Yap Attack, Human slingshot or a sandwich in a cage trap.
But as you are trying to keep your friends guessing when you're going to launch your attack, be aware they will most likely try to kidnap you as well. If trapped, you have to break free in order to kidnap anyone else by answering trivia questions about the area you were taken to. If you answer the questions correctly you earn points that unlock more kidnapping tools to your list.
Need help? You can visit the travel channel website and learn about the location your kidnappers have taken you to or use the cheat sheet button below to go directly to the fact site for the question being asked. See a mistake in the information given about the area, click on "customize this" and correct it.
To find out where your kidnappers have taken you open your passport and click on the stamp for interesting facts about the area you were taken to. It links to a travel site where you can even plan a trip to the area if you like.
There are no real interactions with your friends other than messages telling you if your traps worked or that you have been kidnapped. However, Kidnap! does build up your knowledge of other countries, their culture and history you can impress your friends with later on. Because it's an easy browser game to start and maintain, it doesn't require constant monitoring to accomplish any kidnapping missions.
The game is free. All you have to do is register on Facebook.com and add the Kidnap! application to your Facebook menu bar.
