<s>
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
is	O
a	O
word-forming	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Bookworm	B-Operating_System
from	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
combines	O
the	O
"	O
create	O
words	O
from	O
sets	O
of	O
letters	O
"	O
aspect	O
of	O
Bookworm	B-Operating_System
with	O
several	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2007	O
Interactive	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
,	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
won	O
the	O
"	O
Downloadable	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
for	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
,	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
:	O
Volume	O
2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
lower	O
production	O
budgets	O
typical	O
of	O
most	O
"	O
casual	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
spent	O
over	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
and	O
US$	O
700,000	O
developing	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
guide	O
Lex	O
the	O
Bookworm	B-Operating_System
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
the	O
Chief	O
Creative	O
Officer	O
of	O
PopCap	O
,	O
Jason	O
Kapalka	O
)	O
through	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
stages	O
,	O
battling	O
creatures	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
(	O
which	O
are	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
Greek	O
mythology	O
,	O
One	O
Thousand	O
and	O
One	O
Nights	O
and	O
Gothic	O
fiction	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
foes	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sequel	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
fairy	O
tales	O
,	O
Journey	B-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
West	I-Application
and	O
science	O
fiction	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Lex	O
and	O
his	O
enemy	O
have	O
health	O
meters	O
(	O
represented	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
hearts	O
)	O
which	O
,	O
when	O
depleted	O
,	O
signal	O
defeat	O
(	O
advance	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
section	O
if	O
an	O
enemy	O
is	O
defeated	O
and	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
when	O
a	O
player	O
dies	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
more	O
traditional	O
role-playing	O
games	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
injure	O
their	O
opponents	O
with	O
arms	O
or	O
magic	O
,	O
enemies	O
in	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
are	O
damaged	O
by	O
forming	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Bookworm	B-Operating_System
,	O
words	O
are	O
formed	O
from	O
a	O
grid	O
of	O
available	O
letters	O
,	O
although	O
unlike	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
the	O
letters	O
used	O
to	O
form	O
the	O
words	O
need	O
not	O
be	O
adjacent	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
scramble	O
"	O
feature	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
returns	O
in	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
replace	O
their	O
current	O
grid	O
of	O
letters	O
with	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clips	O
and	O
Giggles	O
is	O
where	O
the	O
comic	O
introductions	O
to	O
each	O
book	O
and	O
theme	O
music	O
of	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
can	O
be	O
found	O
and	O
replayed	O
any	O
time	O
the	O
player	O
wishes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
was	O
released	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
packaged	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
digitally	O
over	O
a	O
nascent	O
Steam	B-Application
shortly	O
afterward	O
on	O
January	O
2	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
unclear	O
reasons	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
holder	O
which	O
acquired	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
removed	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
from	O
both	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
EA	O
's	O
Origin	B-Operating_System
in	O
2016	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
impossible	O
to	O
purchase	O
legally	O
via	O
digital	O
download	O
,	O
a	O
situation	O
that	O
has	O
persisted	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
:	O
Volume	O
2	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
ranked	O
the	O
original	O
Bookworm	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
at	O
82/100	O
and	O
79/100	O
for	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
books	O
to	O
play	O
through	O
;	O
Lex	O
is	O
leveled	O
down	O
equivalently	O
to	O
what	O
he	O
should	O
be	O
at	O
the	O
chapter	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
keep	O
Lex	O
alive	O
or	O
otherwise	O
receive	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
