Social gaming succeeds through virtual goods

My sad little farm :( But me with cute pigtails!

Why did I play?

Per force of an assignment, I had to give in to something most people enjoy doing on a daily basis – playing a game on Facebook. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I do indulge in a game or two of Bejeweled Blitz, but spend money on it? That's definitely not on my top 10 list of purchases.

However, I bit the bullet and I did it. But not on Bejeweled Blitz, I decided to go to the second most popular game on Facebook – Farmville.

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Virtual Goods: Why they exist

From mafiawars.wikia.com

My close brush

My senior year in high school I got extremely addicted to an embarrassing Zynga Facebook game. No, not Farmville. Mafia Wars.

Why was I into a game that killed people, harvested cocaine or ran illegal auto part shops? I have no idea. I claim temporary mental instability.

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