The Blaze Incident

If there is one thing that will forever be true about the google play store (or just any digital store in general) that everyday it seems like shovel ware apps will be continuously be uploaded to the store and google most likely do not oversee the content that a lot the apps contain.

To be more specific I'm talking about the kids apps. There are so many kids apps on the google store and at first that does not seem to be a big issue right? Well in early 2018 that wasn't the case.

An app was uploaded to the google play store called "call Blaze and the monster machines 2018" and at first considering that it's based of the show with the same name on nick jr you'd think it will innocent.

Well not really.

I'll give you a description on the app and I will explain the how this not only caused controversy but also got the attention of google.

At first it will seem like a shitty and poorly designed app with a screen shot of the app icon on the top and a copy-pasted phone options like you would see on a regular phone but the text was in a different language one the bottom.

Here were things take a turn for the worst.

After a couple of adds you will be taken to the other menu as described and you will hear a voice of someone with an Irish accent and the voice has been slowed down to give a demonic feel to the voice (or a voice that sounds like Jack Nicholson's joker's voice) and the man will say.

"Hi kids, I'm your new friend Happy Slappy, whatever you want me to be called.

"You see I want to play with you kiddo, maybe we could perform some fun games together.

"What's this hogwash? You look afraid. Is it this knife in my whirly twirly hands? Making you a little nervous ha?

"That's all right 'cause this is knife is gonna improve your look when it's sticking right out of you" and then the call ends with the man laughing criminally.

The mother who discovered the app posted a video to youtube discussing how google should be more careful when it comes to letting apps onto the google play store.

Google has since deleted the app however you can still download the apk file and transfer it on to your android device.

= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ktT2vjt3q0 =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdx0FJEFv80&list=LLmw79dXbJkGgGkniR3IllwA&index=20&t=0s