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[Junsu]

What games do you play?

I play

Mafia Wars
Happyfarm
Farmville
Mousehunt
Restaurant City
Hotel City

[BuckFutter]

I play restaurant city and thats it.



My roommate plays Farmville and schedules his things around what crops are most profitable to plant >___>;;

[Elindoril]

It's sad how many players Farmville has, such a large community that even Kotaku writes articles about the damn game.

[Junsu]

OMG I DO THAT TOO >

I think its improved my math

Personally, I feel Happy Farm > Farmville. Just because you can steal crops :K

Edited by Junsu, 20 April 2010 - 05:08 PM.

[kiddX]

I used to play mafia wars. But then it became annoying and stupid

[jcrdude]

I don't like games that completely value time over skill. Thus facebook games will never be my speed.

[Junsu]

I don't like games that completely value time over skill. Thus facebook games will never be my speed.

Its because they cant make money otherwise

[jcrdude]

Its because they cant make money otherwise

Neopets manages to make money while still valuing skill. It's just EASIER to reward people for playing non-stop.

[MaestroOD]

I played that fishwrangler one, but then I woke up one day and kind of went 'what the fuck am I doing'.

[Junsu]

Neopets manages to make money while still valuing skill. It's just EASIER to reward people for playing non-stop.

True, but neopets has multiple games and auctions+tp+etc

While a simple game has... well its only one game.
And they can easily earn money by making it so that you can reduce the time

[fxckyouguys]

i've never played any of them, even though my mom keeps bugging me to. ._.'

[Junsu]

I played that fishwrangler one, but then I woke up one day and kind of went 'what the fuck am I doing'.

DONT PLAY FISHWRANGLERR

Its a copy of mousehunt :\
Mousehunt came first.

[MaestroOD]

Well, I went though and purged all the stupid stuff from my FB anyway, no games for me.

[GeorgeBright]

I played yoville passively for a few weeks, but it was very boring.
Started playing Treasure Isle a few days ago. It's alright.

[Shadowfool]

tbh I think all the facebook games are a waste of time.

[Junsu]

tbh I think all the facebook games are a waste of time.

Arent most games a waste a time?

[Shadowfool]

Arent most games a waste a time?

http://mediacommons....-play-farmville
destructive...
but yes games are mainly a waste of time.

It's long I know, so read this part at least:
One wonders if this is a good thing. It is difficult to imagine Aristotle or Caillois celebrating Farmville as essential to citizenship. Indeed, when one measures Farmville against Roger Caillois’ six criteria for defining games, Farmville fails to satisfy each and every one. Caillois stated that games must be free from obligation, separate from ‘real life,’ uncertain in outcome, an unproductive activity, governed by rules, and make-believe.[12] In comparison:

(1) Farmville is defined by obligation, routine, and responsibility;
(2) Farmville encroaches and depends upon real life, and is never entirely separate from it;
(3) Farmville is always certain in outcome, and involves neither chance nor skill;
(4) Farmville is a productive activity, in that it adds to the social capital upon which Facebook and Zynga depend for their wealth;
(5) Farmville is governed not by rules, but by habits, and simple cause-and-effect;
(6) Farmville is not make-believe, in that it requires neither immersion nor suspension of disbelief

[Junsu]

http://mediacommons....-play-farmville
destructive...
but yes games are mainly a waste of time.

It's long I know, so read this part at least:
One wonders if this is a good thing. It is difficult to imagine Aristotle or Caillois celebrating Farmville as essential to citizenship. Indeed, when one measures Farmville against Roger Caillois’ six criteria for defining games, Farmville fails to satisfy each and every one. Caillois stated that games must be free from obligation, separate from ‘real life,’ uncertain in outcome, an unproductive activity, governed by rules, and make-believe.[12] In comparison:

(1) Farmville is defined by obligation, routine, and responsibility;
(2) Farmville encroaches and depends upon real life, and is never entirely separate from it;
(3) Farmville is always certain in outcome, and involves neither chance nor skill;
(4) Farmville is a productive activity, in that it adds to the social capital upon which Facebook and Zynga depend for their wealth;
(5) Farmville is governed not by rules, but by habits, and simple cause-and-effect;
(6) Farmville is not make-believe, in that it requires neither immersion nor suspension of disbelief

o___O
...
ITS A LIE

[redlion]

I don't play facebook games. I play pokemon and CoD, a little neopets. How many games can you juggle?

[Junsu]

I don't play facebook games. I play pokemon and CoD, a little neopets. How many games can you juggle?

You juggle games?

[Shadowfool]

o___O
...
ITS A LIE

DODGE REALITY. LIVE IN THE DIGITAL X_X

[SimDairy]

I don't play facebook games. I play pokemon and CoD, a little neopets. How many games can you juggle?

Ohh... I can juggle! Although never tried it with games though... Might try it on my free time.

DODGE REALITY. LIVE IN THE DIGITAL X_X

Your posts remind me of an incident with a friend of mine. I asked her if she wanted to hang out but she replied with "Ahh... No. Sorry, have to get home and water my crops." I was like "WTH?!?" Horrible way to be put down, knowing Farmville takes precedence over you.

[Junsu]

Your posts remind me of an incident with a friend of mine. I asked her if she wanted to hang out but she replied with "Ahh... No. Sorry, have to get home and water my crops." I was like "WTH?!?" Horrible way to be put down, knowing Farmville takes precedence over you.

It hasn't taken over my lif-
OMG MY CROPS!

As I was saying, it hasn't taken over my life.
Yet.

My friends and I wake up during midnight to check our games :\

[BuckFutter]

It hasn't taken over my lif-
OMG MY CROPS!

As I was saying, it hasn't taken over my life.
Yet.

My friends and I wake up during midnight to check our games :\

o__O Christ.




That's like my roommate waking up at 4am to join a scheduled raid on WoW.

[GreenScissors]

Only texas hold-em