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Proof That You’ll Click Anything Called A Game

Ian Bogost was one of one of FarmVille’s biggest critics. So he created a pointless game to parody that pointless game. Then his pointless game became a hit. So Wired wrote about it. Now that’s a pointless game too. What?

July 2, 2011
News

Zynga Files $US1b IPO Fuelled By Virtual Farms, Mob Wars

The game makers behind mega Facebook games FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia Wars today filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take Zynga public in hopes of raising $US1 billion.

May 6, 2011
Online

Someone Is Creating A Real-Life Version Of Farmville

A large real-life farm in the UK is turning into a FarmVille game. It’s called the MyFarm experiment and the 2500 Wimpole Estate farm will be run by 10,000 people over the internet. How will it work?

March 21, 2011
Gaming

News Corp Wants A Slice Of Farmville’s Pie

Gizmodo AU

So apparently people actually spend both a lot of time and a lot of money playing Farmville. And now News Corporation wants in on that social gaming cash cow.

February 22, 2011
Online

Is The Dot Com 2.0 Bubble Already Gearing Up For Explosion?

Gizmodo AU

An article over at The Guardian has me seriously considering something I’ve always wondered about today’s swath of web 2.0 businesses – why are they valued so much and where are the profits coming from to justify these values?

February 18, 2011
Gaming

If This Is How PC Gaming Will Live, Maybe It Should Die

There was a time when Brian Reynolds was best known for his work on epic computer strategy games like Civilization II, Rise of Nations and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. But nowadays he’s the poster child for the casualfication of gaming.

February 4, 2011
Gaming

These Facebook Games Are Bigger Than You Think

If you’ve ever felt like comparing how much money a “traditional” video game makes as opposed to how much a Facebook game makes, check out this chart. It makes for interesting/depressing reading.

December 3, 2010
Entertainment

How Tron Should Really Look In 2010

It looks as though the Tron: Legacy production team thought of nearly everything in updating the classic for today’s audience. Here’s the one crucial, hilarious detail they forgot about, though.

October 28, 2010
Gaming

Woman Kills Baby For Interrupting FarmVille Session

A 22-year-old woman from Jacksonsville, Florida, has pleaded guilty to killing her baby son over a game of… FarmVille.

October 21, 2010
Online

We Spend 927 Million Hours Per Month Playing Facebook Games

This is truly crazy data: 290 million people play FarmVille and other Facebook games – five of the top 10 are by Zynga – every month. Combined, that’s 4406 years worth of play time – or 105,878 man-years milking virtual cows.

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