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Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction

Posted by Soulskill on from the tragedy-of-the-common-interest dept.

MarkN writes "Facebook has been trumpeting the fact that Farmville, the most popular game on its site, has more users than Twitter, with 69 million playing over a month and 26 million playing each day. Combined with Facebook's announcement that they have hit 350 million users, that means one out of every five people on Facebook is playing Farmville. Gamasutra has a post taking a critical analysis of Farmville, its deceptively slow level grind, how a number of gameplay features end up as simply decorative since they aren't balanced with the benefits of raising crops, and discussing why Farmville succeeds so well in virally spreading itself and addicting people."

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  1. Something I overheard by alex_guy_CA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something I overheard: "Can I grow weed on Farmvile and sell it on Mafia Wars?"

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    San Francisco Photographers
    1. Re:Something I overheard by Chmcginn · · Score: 5, Funny

      Also, Can I send troops from Tribal Wars to attack my brother-in-laws Farm that keeps spamming me with "So-and-so bought a cow!"?

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      Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
  2. Re:Unfriending due to Farmville by jargoone · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Looking for "Like" link...)

  3. Re:Remember the privacy policy? by legojenn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Call me Ms Grumpypants, but my ideal man is not someone whose idea of a fulfilling life is playing some stupid first-person shooter game.

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    I make a reasonable middle-class wage by going to work and not spamming blogs with scams.
  4. Re:Forget Farmville by bakdor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I DID marry her - now I play Farmville to block out the pain of my ruined life.