“Simpsons” desktop app available for April Fool’s Day

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From FOX:

Just in time for April Fool’s Day, Simpsons fans have the chance to pull the ultimate Bart-worthy pranks on their friends through The Simpsons Unleashed! desktop application available for download at www.thesimpsons.com. This free desktop app allows The Simpsons to invade your computer screen with irreverent humor and high jinks, as well as the latest news and updates on all things Simpsons.

Powered by Adobe® AIR®, The Simpsons Unleashed! gives fans the chance to engage with The Simpsons like never before while interacting with their Facebook friends. After downloading the app, fans can compete against each other to see who can send the most pranks to score the most points and gain all-important bragging rights! Armed with an arsenal of virtual pranks, the app allows fans to bombard their friends’ computers by tossing virtual exploding cans of Duff Beer, radioactive nuclear rods, Itchy & Scratchy bombs and more onto their screens. The app also offers fans daily or hourly doses of Homer as his exclusive avatar fumbles, stumbles and do-si-D’ohs! his way across their computer screens.