What’s the attraction to Farmville?
The issue was a company called Zynga, which makes online games, like FarmVille, that have become incredibly popular on Facebook among people who are missing parts of their brains. Read more…
This is a quote from fakesteve.net (a blog that pretends to be Steve Jobs’ online diary of sorts).
It’s really interesting and I came to know of this site like two years ago, give or take some months. Anyway, I came across this article called “Why the mainstream is dying” and read the part quoted above and chuckled to myself.
I’m not trying to get into what the article is about, but rather segue to why I’m pointing this portion out. Personally, I’m not raggin’ on folks that play Farmville, but at this point I just don’t see the attraction. However I did tell a friend on Facebook this past weekend that I will give it a shot. On the matter of Facebook, my newsfeed is filled with friends who are Farmville addicts.
Guess I gotta try it out.
Anyway, are you a Farmville addict? Have good reason why I should join the ranks of Farvillians??
