tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-870149531492841319.post6152713410807076628..comments2023-06-20T06:13:57.041-07:00Comments on A Tree Falling in the Forest: Check it Out: Facebook Games Get Deeper EditionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06275978140928366141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-870149531492841319.post-91878381729351102692011-10-13T14:50:03.183-07:002011-10-13T14:50:03.183-07:00>Perhaps I was less than clear. A lot of people...>Perhaps I was less than clear. A lot of people bitch and moan that Farmville is not a game and Zynga is only an analytics company.<br /><br />These are two very, very different, and un-related claims. My point is not to say "Farmville is bad" or that "Farmville is good" - at all. I'm saying that it is not a game. You can neither win, nor lose in Farmville. I think it is better classified as a toy, or perhaps a simulator of some strange system in which all numbers only, ever, go upwards indefinitely.<br /><br />I'm sorry to be confrontational and, I'll admit a bit mean with the "nephew" comment. However, I felt that as a reader, this post was not up to your usual standards. I think you're a great writer in general.Keith Burgunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146704232808889882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-870149531492841319.post-48840535513250738802011-10-12T10:16:01.187-07:002011-10-12T10:16:01.187-07:00I appreciate the comment. Perhaps I was less than...I appreciate the comment. Perhaps I was less than clear. A lot of people bitch and moan that Farmville is not a game and Zynga is only an analytics company. I am not one of them. However, I don't think Farmville is either deep or targeted at a core gamer. Liquid's Heroes of Neverwinter addresses many of the complaints of those people - even though I am not one of them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06275978140928366141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-870149531492841319.post-30789775156852345842011-10-12T10:10:20.311-07:002011-10-12T10:10:20.311-07:00>I am not one to argue Farmville is not a game....>I am not one to argue Farmville is not a game. I love Zynga's ability to show over 100 million people they really like to play games on line.<br /><br />How are those two sentences even connected, UNLESS you mistakenly believe that Farmville's game-status is something QUALITATIVE. Meaning, it is not saying "Farmville is Bad" in any way to say that it is not a game.<br /><br /><br />I generally like your blog, but what happened here? Did you let your nephew write a guest article, or something?Keith Burgunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146704232808889882noreply@blogger.com