Whether it’s Farmville, Mafia Wars, or any of the hundreds of titles vying for attention in your news feed, social games get a lot of flak for trapping players in repetitive loops of shallow, sometimes compulsive gameplay. You can pull in your friends to help with that barn or take out a made man, but it ultimately doesn’t feed back into …
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What’s Zynga Planning Next?
Zynga has managed to capture the attention of 72 million active users, who obsessively play their simple, mindless games every day. Whether you want to be a farmer, mafia don or city planner, these games tap into a fantasy life that most users could never dream of leading. For five minutes a day, Zynga users sneak time from their home …
Two Minute Video: Oregon Trail, Carmen Sandiego Get Social on Facebook
Guess which two classic blasts from the past are about to get resurrected as Facebook games? Don’t look up there at the title! Okay, go ahead. Too late.
The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? are set to make their return to the edutainment world as Facebook games. The Oregon Trail will be available tomorrow, …
Yes, There’s a "FarmVille For Dummies" Book
How much of a dummy do you have to be to require a FarmVille For Dummies book? Apparently there are enough people out there who are having trouble with FarmVille to warrant an entire book to be published.
It won’t be available until mid-February, which would actually give you enough time to read all there is to know about FarmVille …
Facebook Users Can Soon Play “Pocket God”
Soon you can be an omnipotent being on Facebook. Pocket God is coming to Facebook courtesy of Frima Studios, a Quebec-based developer. The iOS game had remained on the iTunes App Store Top 100, but now it’s ready to take on the social media realm.
(More on TIME.com: 18 iPhone Games To Keep You Occupied)
The episodic game has you …
"CityVille" Facebook Game is Zynga’s Most Social Yet
Zynga, the company behind wildly popular Facebook games such as FarmVille and FrontierVille, has announced that CityVille will be rolling out “in the coming weeks.”
(More on Techland: Rumor: Zynga Prepping ‘CityVille’ Social Game?)
Zynga is calling CityVille its “most social game to date.” You’ll be able to build your own city …
The iPad Says Howdy To Farmville Farmers
First of all, I’d like to apologize to everyone who has to see it on their Facebook newsfeed that I need someone to fertilize my crops or that a lost sheep has wandered on my farm and needs an owner. Sorry that I keep asking for wooden boards to complete my nursery barn.
And, I’m especially sorry that it’s going to get so much …
