social games
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Social Game Company President Sued For An Alleged Forced Abortion
7According to reports out of Japan, the president of social gaming giant Gree, Yoshikazu Tanaka, is being sued for allegedly making a young woman get an abortion.
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‘World’s Laziest MMO’ Is Possibly One Of The Sleaziest MMOs, Too
Meet Tweeria. It’s one of those web 2.0 social games where your real-world actions translate to in-game stuff. As the name implies, the game takes information from Twitter. Any retweets, favs, even Tweet number and follower count affect things in the game. You’re playing it right now if you have a Twitter account, actually. The…
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Zynga And Facebook Dial Their Relationship Back A Notch
For the past couple of years, the social network Facebook and the social gaming company Zynga have enjoyed a rather cosy relationship. Zynga games have been a substantial source of revenue for Facebook, and the game maker has relied on the network to drive millions of players to its stable of titles. It’s been a…
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Every Time I Talk About FarmVille, It Sounds Like I’m Talking About Sex
“I went over to my neighbour’s farm and watered her pumpkins.” This is the kind of thing one says regularly while playing FarmVille 2. I’ve spent most of the last week deep in Zynga’s latest foray into agriculture-based Facebook gaming. I’ve been really playing the thing, letting it get its hooks into me — for…