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I thought the iPhone app would make it easier to play FarmVille, but it is so limited that I would rather play it on the computer.

Now they have FrontierVille which is similar, but deeper in some respects.]]>Aug 4th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 4th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 4th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 4th 2010 6:47PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/
If you can't keep from using your credit card, then don't play. It's a fun way to interact with neighbors; I haven't seen anyone being overly competitive. We mostly enjoy helping each other. Just a relaxing way to spend some time! Yes, it can be addictive, but so are crossword and jigsaw puzzles!]]>Aug 5th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 5th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 5th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 5th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Aug 6th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/.]]>Aug 7th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/Even have this yoville app. Funny thing about this one is you can buy a house but for some I have not found a method to move the vatar into it. Stuck living in an apartment. Also noticed that the streets of yoville have traffic signals but there are no cars. You have to have a given amount of "points" before you get a bathroom in your apartment. Guess you have to hold it until you get to the point? Then there are the other apps. There is of course farmville, but there was also farm town, my little farm. What are these people fascinated about farming or something?]]>Aug 7th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/04/the-farmville-ruse-how-zyngas-creation-ruins-gaming-and-stea/
I have an addictive personality to begin with so I have to meter my time on it strictly or I'd lose time working. Knowing how devious this company is, however, I may stop playing their games altogether. I don't like that they've hired a behavioral psychologist full time to try to find ways to make me play more or to hook me in some fashion so I'll be coerced into spending real money. The fact that this gaming company goes to such lengths to earn $1million a day is disgusting to me. American greed. Ugh.]]>Aug 16th 2010 12:28PM