FarmVille Unreleased Rainbow & White Apple for iPhone

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Once again, FarmVille Freak Martijin from FarmVille Code Hunters has shared with us another great find, Rainbow Apples.

Rainbow Apples are rumored to be exclusive items for Apple's iPhone users and may require you to also install the upcoming FarmVille app that will be released at the end of this month.

Please note, as with all unreleased items this is speculation and anything can change.Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market. Zynga is the sole owner of all their copyrighted images.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Wild Ones Member option piles on the goods

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If you're serious about Wild Ones, you have to check out this new membership option. This new subscription service offers tons of awesome bonuses, deals, exclusive items and even a new pet, for a relatively low cost.

So what exactly does being a Wild Ones Member entail? Continue reading as we roll out everything you need to know.

Membership Daily Bonus
We know you love opening those daily bonuses; getting free items is always a welcome treat. After becoming a Wild Ones Member, you'll receive a second daily bonus containing even more rare and valuable weaponry.
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Members Only items
Items like the defense boosting SWAT Helmet are available to Members only. These items will be pretty rare, so if you want your pet to both look unique and dominate the battlefield, becoming a Member may be a solid choice.

In addition, becoming a member offers a new pet animal: the bat. Only available to Members, this fearsome and blood thirsty hunter has a unique ability unlike any other: flight.


The bat can basically hover in the air, allowing you to pull off unbelievably clutch, gaming-winning shots like the one above. More members only pets have been rumored to be on their way, so keep an eye out for more new Wild Ones pets.

Buy Premium Items with Coins
Members will be able to use coins to refill their supply of mega weapons and make purchases that would usually require Facebook Credits.

Level Up Faster and Get More Coins
Winning battles earns Members fifty percent bonus experience and more coins so they can continue to make big purchases.

Price
Of course you're wondering what all this is going to cost. Fortunately for those huge Wild Ones fans, all this comes for less than ten dollars at 99 Facebook Credits. Best of all, the purchase lasts a whole month, so you'll have access to all the Member goodies for that time. So if you consider yourself a Wild Ones pro or a Wild Ones high roller, perhaps you should make the purchase and become a Wild Ones Member.

Head to the game to check out the deal for yourself.

FarmVille now allows you to rotate buildings

Tonight's FarmVille update brings a long desired feature - the ability to rotate buildings. This is such a commonly requested and overdue feature that FarmVille should have had from the beginning. Since FarmVille is actually an isometric 2D game and not 3D, this meant that the artists would have to make art assets for each of the angles of the buildings. Going back and making buildings rotatable was probably a lot of work for the FarmVille artists - we're sure they pumped out a lot of buildings!

FarmVille's Community Manager Lexilicious has posted a list of buildings on the official FarmVille forums that can not be rotated:

    * Stone Cottage
    * Clock Tower
    * Amber Pavilion
    * Weathervane Home
    * Green Gazebo
    * Deluxe Tool Shed
    * Mini Greenhouse
    * Water Mill
    * Market Stall-for all crops
    * Island Resort
    * Observation Dome
    * Tuscan Barn
    * Tuscan Tool Shed
    * Adobe Barn
    * Adobe Tool Shed
    * Modern Barn
    * Mdern Tool Shed
    * Meditation Center
    * Egg Home
    * Little Egg Home
    * Big Egg Home
    * Mini Tower
    * Leaning Tower
    * Provencal Shed
    * Shamrock Barn
    * Shamrock Shed
    * Maison
    * Provencal Barn
    * Deluxe Lodge
    * Wedding Gazebo
    * Lodge
    * Chicken Coop
    * Horse Stable
    * Nursery Barn
    * Botanical Garden
    * Flower Shed
    * Dairy Farm
    * Cowprint Dairy Farm
    * Red Barn
    * Pink Barn
    * Black Barn
    * Blue Barn
    * White Barn
    * Groovy Barn
    * Weathered Barn
    * Cowprint Barn
    * Rest Tent
    * Tool Shed
    * Pink Tool Shed
    * Green Tool Shed
    * Cowprint Shed
    * Cowprint Silo
    * Japanese Pagoda
    * Haunted House
    * Carnival Tent
    * Ticket Booth
    * Ferris Wheel
    * Igloo
    * Mini Pagoda
    * Dutch Windmill
    * Mini Windmill
    * Irish Castle

Now, if you'll pardon me - I have some farm re-decorating to do.

FarmVille brings back previously released buildings

FarmVille released an update this evening that now allows players to rotate their buildings, and in celebration, have brought back a number of old limited edition buildings. Some popular favorites have made a new appearance, including the Shoe House, Le Bistro, and Cafe. Most of these new-old buildings require Farm Cash to purchase, but there are a few that are priced with coins instead. For newer players who may have missed out on these buildings the first time, or for anyone who sold their building because they couldn't rotate it the way they wanted - this is the perfect opportunity to get your hands on these again.

Read on for the full list of newly available buildings:

Yellow Victorian - 27 Farm Cash
Modern Home - 36 Farm Cash
Mumbai Home - 27 Farm Cash
Shoe House - 300,000 coins
Museum - 65 Farm Cash
Restaurant - 42 Farm Cash
Pavilion - 30 Farm Cash
Chateau - 60 Farm Cash
Cafe - 42 Farm Cash
Patisserie - 42 Farm Cash
Shamrock Cottage - 34 Farm Cash
Le Bistro - 42 Farm Cash
Adobe Cottage - 150,000 coins

These limited time buildings are only available for 9 days, but rotating buildings is a feature that is here to stay. Which building are you most excited to see making a triumphant return?

PSA: Farmville used as bait in new "likejacking" scams

It seems some internet ne'er-do-wells are trying to capitalize on the popularity of Farmville to spread spam and unsolicited messages through unwary users' Facebook profiles.

The new Internet attack, referred to as "likejacking" in the security trade, takes advantage of a security hole in Facebook's relatively new ability to "like" any page on the web. Basically, the scam uses hidden Javascript code to turn a harmless looking link into an automatic, unsolicited post of HTML code to the clicker's Facebook News Feed. These malicious posts often contain advertising messages and/or further links that can lead the message to spread further as friends click around their own News Feeds.

As the Sophos security blog reports, attackers are now using offers of "Free Farmville Secrets E-books" as the bait to attract the clicks necessary to activate the scam. Other popular bait subjects include Sex and the City 2, Shrek, bp, free gift cards, UFC and "sexy videos."

How can you protect yourself? Basically the best way is to be careful about what links you click, and to monitor your personal wall posts for any unsolicited messages (you can delete them if you notice them). We hope Facebook will take steps to close this security hole soon, but until then, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

Zuma Blitz on Facebook First Look

At Casual Connect in Seattle, PopCap gave select members of the press a first look at their upcoming Facebook game, Zuma Blitz.

Much like Bejeweled Blitz, the Facebook version of the popular game gives you 60 seconds to bust as many balls as possible. The one-minute thing is a bit of a misnomer, however. You can actually shoot special balls that will extend time a little longer, which gives you just enough time to maximize your score. There are also balls with special multipliers that will help you send your score soaring to the heavens.

The social parts of the game are pretty limited right now, and those in the game right now are similar to those in Bejeweled Blitz. There's a living leaderboard at the bottom of the page, and once you get your big score, you have the option to post it to your Facebook Wall for bragging rights. There's talk behind the scenes about adding more social features, namely a way to 'curse' your friends in the game. Once you beat a friend, you can curse them, and turn their Facebook photo on the leaderboard into something else, say, a picture of a sheep or cow. To get rid of the 'curse,' you'll have to beat your challenger's score and pass the curse back to them.

Unlike Bejeweled Blitz, Zuma Blitz will definitely include virtual currency (as in paid for with real-life-cash) that can be used to buy power-ups, which were not finalized in the version of the game we played today. PopCap higher ups have been looking for ways to make money on their social games, and Zuma Blitz will apparently be the first test case. The game will also include experience points system as well.

So far the game seems to possess the same addictive quality as Bejeweled Blitz -- it's just challenging enough that you'll keep going back to see if you can beat your high score. Just make sure you take a break from mousing occasionally so you don't get the dreaded 'Zuma Claw.' (It's real! Honest!) Zuma Blitz will be in beta within the next few weeks, stay turned for more details (and images from the game).

Note: The image above is from Zuma's Revenge, not Zuma Blitz.

Greenopolis launches eco-friendly Facebook game

A lot of companies want to get into the games business. The most recent entrant is Waste Management, who reported revenues of $11.8 billion in 2009.

The company has a wholly-owned subsidiary called Greenopolis, charged with the mission of social awareness around recycling and the environment. A tiered business plan revolves around real-world rewards for eco-friendly behavior. And now the firm is using games to fulfill that mandate.

Oceanopolis lets players play a game like FarmVille, but set on an island paradise, where trash begins to wash up on shore. Instead of harvesting, you recycle. Points then let you decorate your island, and you can visit friend's islands.

Greenopolis on Facebook

The project's creative director, Jeff Smith, says the effect is to view trash as treasure. "You start wanting to pick this stuff up." Beyond the game, players can be rewarded with real-world credits for entertainment and dining experiences.

The company hopes to expand to the iPhone and other platforms. The game launches on Facebook on August 21st and the beta was opened today.

FarmVille Unreleased Gray Macaw & Parrot Swing

   
Thank you to FarmVille Freak J-Chaves for finding this unreleased FarmVille Gray Macaw!

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.


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FarmVille Unreleased Fancy Pink Birdhouse & Fancy Blue Birdhouse

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Looks like we can be expecting some kind of bird theme on FarmVille very soon, maybe in a new Mystery Game or Box? Not only have we now seen new Unreleased items Fancy Pink Birdhouse, Fancy Blue Birdhouse, Gray Macaw and Swinging Parrot but FarmVille Freak -Gabs- spotted other unreleased items in the wild including a new fountain, house, animal and pavilion!

Thank you to FarmVille Freak -Gabs- for catching these unreleased items in the wild!

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Sony bringing more social games to PlayStation Home

When people think of social gaming these days, they probably think of PC-based social networks like Facebook, or maybe mobile devices like the iPhone. One platform they almost definitely don't think about is the 3D virtual world of PlayStation Home. But Sony and partner Codename are hoping to change that with a new initiative focused on bringing independently developed social games to the service.

VentureBeat reports the first three games to come from the initiative will span an eclectic mix of genres -- from competitive platforming to fantasy role-playing to 3D spatial puzzles -- but all will take advantage of Home's social functions by letting multiple players play and chat together. It's likely the games will follow the freemium, virtual-goods-based revenue model that has already worked well for PlayStation Home games like Sodium One.

It's nice to see Sony slowly realizing that many of Home's millions of users want to use the service for more than just playing dress up and visiting cheesy promotional spaces. The question now is whether these new games will attract the millions of PS3 owners who don't currently use Home. Take it away, Sony marketing machine!

YoVille Sneak Peek: Camp Yo Items Coming Soon

This is a sneak peek from the official Yoville Facebook page.
YoVille Camp Yo setting
Check out what Zynga has planned for us on the next Camp Yo release! Also remember that the collectibles and the latest permanent hairstyles are leaving the store soon, so get yours now.
YoVille Splish and Splash, and Camper
Are you excited about the next release?

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

NPD: 20% of Americans play games on social networks

Are you an American? Are you in a room with a lot of people? OK, look at the person to your left. Now look at the person to your right. Now look at a couple of people behind you. Don't stare! You don't want them to think you're weird, do you?

OK, now, would you believe that, according to a new NPD report, one of those people (20%) has played games on a social network in the last three months. It's true.

What's that? You say that person is you? You say that person is obviously you, because you're currently reading a blog devoted to social games? Well I guess that means no one else in your eyeline has played a social games then. Because that's how statistics works, right?

Oh, you're in a cubicle-filled office, you say. In that case, I can almost guarantee all five of you do nothing but play games on Facebook all day, furtively hoping your boss won't notice. But that means somewhere else there are 20 people that don't play social games at work or at home, and they are doing their best to keep our economy going during this downturn. How do you sleep at night?

Anyway, of you and your four Farmville-addicted co-workers, NPD says 1.75 of you (35%) have never played a game outside of social networks and one-half of one of you (10%) actually spends real world money on these games. It might seem odd that fractional people can do either of those things, but hey, the numbers don't lie.

San Francisco takes aim at littering Mafia Wars marketer

If you stumbled upon a pile of $25,000 bills sitting on the street, you'd be overjoyed, wouldn't you? Well, apparently you are not the city of San Francisco, which recently called such bills "sidewalk vandalism" in a recent letter from City Attorney Alex Tse.

OK, to be fair the bills weren't real, but were fakes used as part of a marketing campaign for Zynga's Mafia Wars: Las Vegas expansion. And apparently the bills were actually glued to the sidewalk, which made them a bit difficult (and expensive) for the city to clean up. So maybe you wouldn't have been that overjoyed after all, would you?

Tse initially said he would pursue "pursue every available cause of action aggressively against Zynga for these illegal marketing tactics," but now seems to be focusing their legal efforts on marketing firm Davis Elen Advertising rather than Zynga. The ad agency has reportedly taken full responsibility for the campaign, effectively falling on their sword to protect their client (When did this become an episode of Mad Men?)

Between this fiasco and some recent Snoop-Dogg-related promotional problems in the Nevada desert, Zynga is having a bit of a bad marketing run of late. Then again, if there's no such thing as bad press, then Zynga seems to be getting a whole lot of not-bad press out of both of these snafus.

Quote of the Moment: Leave the Farmville, join the farm

"FarmVille boosters like to say that one of the game's most important virtues is how it encourages cooperation among users. But I think that the game's social networking aspect is where FarmVille's limitations (and, by extension, the Internet's limitations) are most apparent. The open secret of Facebook is that it's not, in fact, a great medium for meeting new people. With the exception of those Facebook users who rack up friends like county fair prizes, most people use the site for either sustaining their existing friendships or rekindling old relationships - the classic Facebook connection of "What have you been up to since middle school?" Facebook is perfect for keeping in touch with the people you already somewhat know; it's not so great at forming totally new relationships. And so FarmVille, dependent as it is on the Facebook model, fails at one of the most important tasks of farming - growing community.

"Just compare FarmVille (where you rely on existing friends to help manage your plot) to Alemany Farm, the four-acre organic garden in San Francisco I help manage. Every weekend, people from across the Bay Area show up at the farm to volunteer. Our volunteers are gay and straight, toddlers and septuagenarians, Black, White, Asian, Latino, eco-punks and boho professionals. Strangers meet each other, bond, and become friends united by a shared passion. In any given workday at the farm, new relationships are created among diverse peoples as they get to know each other face-to-face. Over time, those relationships, soldered by the sweat of hard work, become the bonds of community.

"Of course, that's not the only advantage actual gardening has over the virtual kind. For starters, you get to be outside, and even as you work, you relax, restored by the reconnection to natural systems. And at the end of the day you get the reward of the take-home salad and the sun-warmed strawberry.

"So if you're a FarmVille player, consider this screed an invitation: Drop the mouse. Pick up a spade. Leave the screen and come out into the sun. Get a taste of what it's like to be part of the physical world."

- Change.org Columnist Jason Mark encourages Farmville players to experience the more tangible joys of real farming.

YoVille announces more new cars Coming Soon

This is an official post by Zynga's Platinum Ninja.
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Wanted to stop by and fill you all in on some important car updates and announcements! We have quite a few things we would like to give you a heads up on so you can start planning your next car move! Let's check out what to expect later this week...

    Brand new cars at the Car Store! Hopefully Thursday if all goes well :)
    We will not be removing the current cars that are currently available at the Car Store, they will still remain purchasable via the in room store.
    However, we will be replacing the coin option car with a new car. If you want quickly get all of your co-signers to get the Green Hybrid at the coin price make sure to post the co-signer feed ASAP as this car will not be purchasable for coins after Thursday. If you do not receive enough by then that's ok we'll roll over the number of co-signers to the new coin car for you!


**Please note the Green Hybrid will remain purchasable for YoCash after the new coin car is available*

Well that's about all folks! Can't wait to see what the next coin car is? You'll have to wait to find out :)

Thanks!
- Platinum Ninja

What cars and vehicles would you like to see in Yoville?

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Happy Pets' new Discounted Dragons are Ready to Fire and Fly

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After five days of waiting, the Dragon Release Event is here! Already, we've learned plenty of important and exciting things about Happy Pets' newest permanent additions to the pet shop. Keep reading to learn more!
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Happy Pets Green Mythic Dragon shooting fireFirst of all, there are six dragons at the store: White Fable Dragon, Blue Legend Dragon, Red Legend Dragon, Brown Fable Dragon, Green Mythic Dragon, and the Black Mythic Dragon.

After today's 30% discount (which is only available for 6 hours), their prices will go up from 46 Facebook Credits (or $4.60 USD) to 66 FB Credits (or $6.60 USD). Secondly, the dragons require completion of the Dino Den before purchase! This means that players who have yet to build their Dino Dens are probably not going to complete them in time to take advantage of this discount.

Thirdly, Dragons can breed with the T-Rex Dinosaur to produce offspring. Horns and wings are part of the dragon traits, and these six new dragons sport three kinds of horns.

And finally, as you can tell from the image on the right, these dragon babies are definitely of the fire-breathing variety. But it'll take putting one in a room for us to know whether those wings of theirs can rival those of the Parrot.

Mafia Wars MADE Convention coming to Las Vegas October 15-16

Featured in a post on the Mafia Wars blog that has since been brought down, Zynga will be hosting an inaugural Mafia Wars fan convention called "Mafia Wars: MADE" in Las Vegas this October 15 and 16. The big event will be held at the Palms Casino and Resort and feature 12 discussion panels, night club outings and even a "live job" wherein convention goers can earn exclusive prizes. Here's a full list of what will be going down this October:

• Get an exclusive in-game item MADE by entering the Mafia Wars "Get MADE" contest.
• Participate in an exciting "live job" with other players and win in-game prizes and points.
• Select from a list of 12 discussion panels where you can get information and ask questions directly to the team.
• Hang out by the pool, the bar, or the club with other Mafia Wars players and members of the team.
• Purchase limited edition Mafia Wars merchandise.
• Receive in-game items and other gifts from the team.
• Get early access to the next exciting destination.


According to the official blog post, tickets went on early sale yesterday on their Eventbrite page at a 15 percent discount on both "Mogul" (VIP) and "Mafia" (General Admission) tickets, but the discounted Mogul passes--which were going for $399.00--have already sold out. As of this writing, you can still get discounted Mafia passes for $229.00, with standard price being $269.00.

You might want to sit down for this one: regular sale price for Mogul tickets is $469.00. We know, that's probably more than the netbook that you're playing the game on cost you. Check out this discussion thread on the Mafia Wars Facebook page for more details on what might be happening at this exclusive, unannounced event.

Produce your own TV shows with Tellywood

Tellywood isn't a brand new game, it has been around since late June, but it has recently popped onto our radar after being added to the Applifier network. In this game, you are a studio producer who creates new television shows and episodes. It's a neat concept that we haven't seen before in any other games, so we decided to take a closer look and see if the game is fun to play.

In Tellywood, you're given a large plot of land to do with as you please. While you can simply decorate with leisure items to make the space look good, the main point of the game is to build sets for your TV shows. Purchasing a set costs quite a bit of money; in fact, we were only able to test one set. When you build a set, you get to choose from a wide range of genres such as a hospital show, a court show, a police show, or a romance show. We chose "Stranded" because we're big fans of LOST. After you have chosen your show, you get to place the set down on your Tellywood map wherever you'd like.
Once you choose which show you would like to produce, you can cast the show at your Production Center with either your friends (which is free) or with Superstars (which cost Cash). Actions in Tellywood cost Production Points, which is the energy mechanic. When you are setting up a show at your Production Center, you can choose what your budget is for the show. Increasing your budget gives you more XP (referred to as Viewers in Tellywood) and earnings, but costs more Production Points.


If this all feels familiar, it's because it isn't all that original aside from a new theme. There are a couple new mechanics though, such as the Paparazzi. Occasionally you will find Paparazzi on either your studio or your friends' studios. If you collect 20 Paparazzi, you can trade them in for one Production Point. This is an interesting way to earn back your energy faster so that you can play the game longer.

Other than that, Tellywood contains all the makings of a Facebook hit. It has gifting, achievements, neighbors, studio expansions, and decorations. Tellywood uses Facebook Credits exclusively, so in order to buy upgrades for your sets, fancy decor items, and to refill your Production Points, you will need to buy Cash with Facebook Credits. The interface is slick and easy to figure out, and the art in the game is pleasing to look at.

All in all, we think Tellywood is a pretty neat game in a theme we haven't seen before. While it isn't innovating to the extreme, it does feel fresh considering we haven't seen another television production game before. What do you think of the game? Tell us in the comments!

Play Tellywood on Facebook >

FarmVille Unreleased Roseate Spoon Bill, Pied Pig, & Vulturine Guinea Fowl

FarmVille Roseate Spoon Bill, Pied Pig, Vulturine Guinea Fowl
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Jack Hong for finding these unreleased FarmVille Roseate Spoon Bill, Pied Pig, & Vulturine Guinea Fowl animals! See the rest of this post to get a peek of these colorful new critters in action.
       
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Throw a bangin' dance party at your house with Home Fest

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We're always looking for new Facebook games, and our elite team of new game spies have spotted a fresh choice for everyone to try. Home Fest is a brand new game released a couple of weeks ago that is similar to Nightclub City, but with the setting being your home instead of a club atmosphere. In Home Fest, you decorate your home to your liking, buy attractions such as DJ booths and dance floors, pick your choice of music, and try to make your partygoers happy.

Since Home Fest is pretty new there are many features that are still coming soon, such as gifting. Interestingly enough, the game plays short snippets of music and if you click "Buy Song" you are routed to make a purchase through Amazon using the developer's Amazon Affiliate ID. Home Fest is the first game developed by Atommica, headquartered in Argentina. So far, the game has less than 2,000 total players and could use some love and feedback from our readers!


Home Fest has some of the highest production quality we have seen in a Facebook game yet. This game has promise, but you'll have to check it out and see what you think.

Play Home Fest on Facebook Now >

New FarmVille Mystery Game Prizes October 20th, 2010

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This evening the FarmVille Mystery Game prizes were refreshed with Halloween themed items. You can purchase a dart for 16 $FV but remember you may have to try a few times before receiving the prize you want!
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::Spoilers::

The new Mystery Game now contains the following prizes (October 20th, 2010):

    Witch House – Rare
    White Owl (decoration)- Rare
    Vampire Gnome – Uncommon
    Pirate Goat – Common
    Bee Bunny – Common


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you throw FarmVille darts for these prizes?

Mafia Wars Italy launches Oct. 23, beta testing starts now for the lucky

A recent blog post on the Mafia Wars Blog revealed that Mafia Wars Italy is currently in beta testing for select accounts and will go live for all players Level 5 and above on Oct. 23. More importantly, Zynga disclosed a few vital details concerning this brand new city.

First, Italy will launch with five Regions: Roma, Palermo, Venezia, Milano and Napoli (hint: they're all Italian names for more familiar locations). These Regions are really just different names for Districts like in Las Vegas, and just like in Sin City, three more Regions will be released later. However, the similarities stop there.

While this second fact is somewhat of a given, Italy will recognize a new currency called Lira, which will function just like Vegas Chips. But there will no Vault in Italy and the banking system will operate just how it does in other cities like New York. And, of course, you'll be able to send and receive Italian Satchels of Lira just like Racks of Vegas Chips.

Lastly, Italy will have three different job paths: Energy, Fighting and Social. This new third path will act just like Social Missions do, requiring players to gather their friends as helpers to complete timed jobs every 8 hours. We honestly don't see players completing all of Italy like this, but it's a welcome supplement to both Stamina and Energy players. It's also obvious that some of these jobs are going to require items bought with Lira, but in surprisingly fortunate news, you won't have to master every path in a Region to move up to the next Mastery tier. (Defeating a Region boss automatically steps you up to the next tier.) And here you thought your weekend was going to be boring.

FarmVille Halloween's next wave of items brings both form and function

Super Chicken
As our favorite day in October approaches, Zynga is bringing out some seriously impressive items to FarmVille for Halloween. Most importantly is the Super Chicken, which for 20 Farm Cash (about $4) will sometimes lay Treasured Golden Mystery Eggs in your Chicken Coop. Finally, some Halloween-themed items with fun features.

But, of course, this is just the beginning. So, follow us behind the cut for the rest of the new Halloween items on the farm.
FarmVille Halloween Items
As for the rest of the new items, they don't stand a chance against... Super Chicken, but they're all pretty adorable. Especially since we have the sinking feeling that there's more to the Ghost Sheep than simply a tomb stone. The Candy Corn Pony is one of the most strikingly colored horses I've seen in FarmVille while the Palm Monster does wonders for our nostalgia.

FarmVille Halloween Costumes
There are also a slew of new costumes that cost somewhat hefty amounts of Farm Cash, but at least they come nothing close to what you'd pay at the local Halloween stores that crop up this time of year. (Well, we'd hope not considering they are digital.)

FarmVille Halloween Clothing
FarmVille Accessories
Lastly, a wide collection of clothing and accessories was added today to help fill that expanding wardrobe. Oddly enough, most of this clothing would never be worn for farm work, but there are sacrifices to be made in the name of fashion.

Find the rest of our Halloween 2010 coverage right here.

YoVille Halloween continues with classic items

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More classic Halloween items arrived to YoVille! Spiders and webs, animated chests, streamers, plants, all can be found under the Halloween 2010 category in the Furniture Store.

Pictures after the link!
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Find the rest of our Halloween 2010 coverage right here.

YoVille Pirate Ship House sails into the Realtor Office

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Get your very own YoVille Haunted Pirate Ship from the Realtor Office! Spooky decks and cabins, magical waterfall, hidden beach and graveyard, lots and lots of rooms to fill!
Priced for 40 YoCash. Take a quick tour of this new Ship after the link and tell us what you think in comments! All aboard!

Continue reading for a full tour of the Pirate Ship House.
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Find the rest of our Halloween 2010 coverage right here.

Zoo Paradise: New nursery allows you to breed animals

Zoo Paradise nursery
Zoo Paradise released a huge feature today with the addition of a new buildable Nursery. This new nursery allows you to breed animals together to make different colored pets for your zoo. However, before you can start breeding it does take quite some time to build the nursery.

The Nursery requires five each of Brown Paint, 2x4 Board, Paint Brush, Bag of Cement, Windows, Bucket of Nails, Case of Shingles, and Hinges. Unlike most games where you can request these items of your friends, these have to be sent to you directly from the gift page. Each day, a new giftable item will become available. This means that you won't be getting your nursery fully complete until you go through a long process of gifting to accomplish it. Of course, you could also buy it for 150 Facebook Credits, or about 15 dollars.

SInce we don't know exactly how great this new nursery will be because ours is still in progress, we can't yet say whether it is worth the credits or the gifting time to receive it It has been a long time since a new mechanic was released in Zoo Paradise though, so we're looking forward to seeing what the nursery holds for the future.

Cupcake Corner gets cozy with new decorations

Cupcake Corner released more items today in an attempt to beat Cafe Life and Baking Life in the competition for the cutest bakery game. The cupcake game has been releasing new decor and recipes at a blinding pace, and Omgpop are clearly poised for success with this adorable game.

First off, there are three new shelving units that look great with the new wallpapers that are now available. There is one shelf with kitchen utensils, one for books (cookbooks probably), and one built-in white bookcase with a nice Craftsman feel. The new stained glass wall lamp is antique yet still has a modern cozy feel to it.

There are two new colors of cow print chairs, brown and black, and new black rose and blue floral wallpapers to give your bakery that custom feel that you've been looking for. Finally, there is a new black votive candle holder that will look perfect in any bakery regardless of the theme.

it's hard to tell which items are brand new and which are leftover from last week, but all of the items are high quality, detailed and great to decorate with.

Do you like Cupcake Corner? Which bakery game is your favorite?

Increase your profits with the Happy Aquarium Coin Potion

Happy Aquarium just loves to whip out expensive items that drastically improve profits or make gameplay more fun. After all, what better way is there to make players take their real pocketbooks out than offering them extreme benefits for doing so? The new 7 Day Coin Potion is another item that will make you wish you had an endless supply of either Facebook Credits or Pearls.

This Coin Potion increases all of your coin profits by 20% for 7 days. This means for all fish and decorations that you sell, you get 20% more for free. If you do a lot of fish raising and selling of items, this is probably a good buy for you. However, it doesn't come cheap. This sucker will cost you either 100 pearls or 83 Facebook Credits, or over $8.00. Yikes. You'll have to do the math to decide if it is worth it to you.

This Coin Potion joins the other potions in the Happy Aquarium store. The Love Potion allows you to mate your fish more than one time per day and comes with 10 units per potion. The Twin Potion allows you to get twins any time you have a successful fish breeding, and also has 10 units. Instead of units, the new Coin Potion just only lasts for 7 days. You better not buy it before you go on vacation!

Dress in equestrian high fashion in new Mall World store

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Not even a week after releasing the lions and tigers store, Mall World has just embraced a more peaceful species of animal with the new Country Estates store. This new fashion shop has everything horse-related for the equestrian in all us ladies. Nothing says elegant fashion like a pair of tight riding breeches tucked into some paddock boots!

Of course, there are plenty of handbags because what fashionable store wouldn't have a modest collection of purses to choose from? The Society Handbag is adorned with a bit of leather along the top, and the Morgan Roundup Bag has an elegant tie holding it closed. The Purebred Leather Handbag really has nothing to do with horses, but we'll let it slide (or ride). We love the little Side Saddle Bag, and the League Handbag would be perfect for just about any occasion.

Let's talk boots, because they're aplenty in this store. From the Scalloped Edge Boots to the Stall Boots to the Mustang Boots, there are some interesting selections that look to be better worn as fashion attire than actual functional riding boots. The wide selection of breeches look to be pretty authentic though, and there is no shortage to choose from.

All in all, the equestrian will be pleased with this new store as the choices are plentiful and it's a unique theme.

Facebook gaming in space: Legacy of a Thousand Suns

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Lore nerds, rejoice. Legacy of a Thousand Suns, developed by 5th Planet Games, promises to bring a "console-quality" sci-fi epic to Facebook since its launch this week. While the game's uplifting soundtrack, Flash video sequences and deep storyline are certainly epic, for lack of a better word, to say it's "console quality" may force the game to live up to a lot more than Facebook is currently capable of. This is, through and through, a Facebook game, but by no means is that an issue. The game's engaging story text coupled with breathtaking concept art, thanks to studio Concept Art House, make for a story-driven Facebook game that many have been waiting for. I mean, just look at those illustrations, and they're littered throughout the game's missions and raids.

Find out more about Legacy of a Thousand Suns behind the break.

Engaging the Enemy
Much like other combat driven games like Mafia Wars and Square Enix's Knights of the Crystals, Legacy of a Thousand Suns operates on Energy to complete the story's missions--some of which are coupled with short-but-sweet video introductions--and Stamina to tackle the game's Raid bosses. Again, these boss fights are very similar to those found in other combat Facebook games, but make use of the game's robust inventory system. Players can drag and drop weapons and armor they've found in their travels onto their character's body to equip main and offhand weapons, trinkets, armor and utility items.

And what's a sci-fi game without your trusty ship? Ships in Legacy of a Thousand Suns will be collected throughout the story and can be interchanged at any point. But what defines a ship is its crew. During missions you'll also come across willing Crew members and Officers which will fill out your ship's repertoire of willing allies, increasing its capability in battle.

Later on in the game at Level 20, players will be able to form Alliances, which operate more like guilds in games like World of WarCraft than they do lists of friends in other Facebook games. Players don't seem to have to be friends with their Alliance mates on Facebook in order to participate and Alliances seem to provide a pool of allies to help on missions and raids. In fact, Facebook friends seem only to serve two purposes: to help with missions and raids as well as gifting. Not to mention that the game automatically recognizes which of your friends are playing the game, so there's no need to manually add them.

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Of course, there are virtual goods to be bought in this game using Golden Suns, its paid currency. Like just about every Facebook game on the planet, this paid currency goes toward powerful equipment and refills of Stamina and Energy. Thankfully, it's available in Facebook Credits as an exact exchange rate meaning eight Golden Suns is equal to eight Facebook Credits, for instance.

While Legacy of a Thousand Suns might hold several similarities to other combat-focused Facebook games, I've yet to see a game with such descriptive story text, beautiful concept art (though, Zynga has been stepping it up with Mafia Wars Italy) and as detailed an inventory system. On top of property management, collections, PvP (think Fights in Mafia Wars) and item crafting through the Lab feature, there is quite a lot to keep players engaged here. The Facebook game for lore lovers has arrived--enjoy your speculative nerd fests on the forums.

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Treasure Isle: Garden-building bonus quest lets you grow more fruit

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Many of Zynga's games depend on "Energy" to play, and you're always going to hear fans wishing they had more of it. But Treasure Isle has a feature that lets you grow your own Energy -- the Small Garden. Everyone gets two of these at the start of the game. You use them to grow fruit from seeds you buy at the store, then you can harvest the fruit for Energy. Normally, you can buy another Garden Plot for 70 Island Cash, but now there's a way to get one for free!
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The latest bonus quest, called "Build Garden", has three tasks for you to earn you a free, extra plot. First, you buy a Plough, which you'll find in the Store under "Decorations" for 500 Coins. Secondly, you need to make a hundred digs anywhere you like. Finally, you'll need to get five people to click on your Facebook posts to "Get Some Field Hands" (a.k.a. your fellow Treasue Isle players) to complete the quest.

You can also finish the quest by paying 112 Island Cash, but since you can buy a plot for 70 Island Cash, it's obviously better to do the work yourself. The "Build Garden" bonus quest is set expire on December 6th, so finish it while you can.

Cafe World Baby Shower Catering Order: Everything you need to know

While most Facebook games might have already transitioned fully into holiday celebrations, Zynga has chosen to celebrate another wonderful occurrence in life by adding a new Catering Job to Cafe World that asks users to cater a Baby Shower.

Meet us behind the break for all of the details you need to know on how to finish this catering order, and what you'll receive as a prize if you do.

The Baby Shower asks you to finish a whopping six tasks, three of which are cooking specific meals, and three of which are collecting items from friends.

For the food portion of the Catering Order, you'll need to serve Angel Fruit Cake 113 times, BBQ Chicken 138 times, and Creme Fraiche Caviar 75 times. All of these tasks can be completed either by your lonesome, or with the help of friends, by asking up to 10 of your friends to join you in helping with this catering job. You'll do so by clicking on the "Ask for help!" button in the menu, as seen below.This will let you send requests to your friends to ask them to join your catering crew.

While you're waiting for food to cook, you can go about the task of collecting the other three parts of this job, that being collecting 10 Bottles, 10 Pacifiers and 5 Rattles. Like with other catering jobs, you'll simply need to click on the "Ask" button next to the item you need and then send gift requests to your friends in the hopes that they will send the item to you.

This job starts at a three day time limit, and if you can finish the job within the first three days, you'll earn a 3-Star reward, which equates to 12 catering points, 7,560 Cafe Points, 113,400 coins, and an automatic unlock of the Finger Sandwiches recipe. 2-Star and 1-Star ratings, then, give you less catering points, Cafe Points, and coins, and do not come with access to the Finger Sandwiches recipe.

If you don't think that you'll be able to complete one of these steps in time, you can unlock them for Cafe Cash. The food dishes cost anywhere from 20 to 24 Cafe Cash to unlock (this unlocks the entirety of that particular dish that is required, not just a single serving). The collectible items, though, can only be purchased individually, at a rate of 2 Cafe Cash per individual item (50 Cafe Cash in total, if you chose to go this route).

Remember, with the updated Cafe World Catering system, you can start any job any time you'd like (so long as you have the Catering Points necessary), but if you want the best chance at a 3-Star rating on this job, it would probably be best to start it now, while your friends are probably tackling it as well.

FrontierVille: Zynga Message Center now available for streamlined gift requests

Zynga has finally rolled the Zynga Message Center out into a game that we can all be very happy about - FrontierVille. No longer will we have to accept each ribbon or free meal one by one, as we can now simply click on the red and white Z in the top right corner of the FrontierVille game page to see the menu like the one above, letting you accept all gifts in a streamlined fashion without ever clicking away from the game!

For those with no experience with the Zynga Message Center, this menu will allow you to accept not only the free gifts that your friends have sent to you, but you'll also be able to act on Help Requests - "Can you send me a XX?" - in a much quicker fashion as well.

Unfortunately, accepting a gift in the Zynga Message Center does not remove that request from your Facebook gift requests page, but you can easily go back and hit the "Ignore" button on each of those if you'd like to de-clutter the space.

If you don't have the ZMC in FrontierVille just yet, be patient, as it will be rolling out to users over time.

Social City: Create a home for Santa in the new North Pole District

Attention Mayors! If you're looking for a sure-fire way to put yourself into the Christmas spirit, then check out the newest addition in Social City - the launch of a new free district to players that comes in the form of the North Pole.

Let me say this again, all users now have a new free district to play around in. Not only that, but the land is covered in snow, the starter items are trees that are also covered in the fluffy white stuff, you have a large, literal North Pole surrounded by gifts, and even two Gingerbread Houses that provide residents to your town. What's more, Santa and his troop of reindeer fly through the sky at random - how cool is that!?

Sure, we may be a bit over-excited at the thought of having a Christmas-themed land in Social City, but Playdom must be just as excited, as they have created an entirely new store for the North Pole district, filled with snow covered versions of some of the game's previous items (like the Windmill or Chocolate shop), and all new items, like a Xmas Post Office, Hot Chocolate Shop, and a whole series of snow covered Log Cabins and various Gingerbread-themed goodies.

Don't worry about running out of space up at the North Pole either, as today Playdom announced that they have automatically increased the size of the North Pole district for all players to 27x27 squares, giving you plenty of room for massive snow ball fights, and whatever winter-themed fun you can imagine.

Social City: Spin to win Christmas items in new raffle

If you're as excited about the new North Pole District in Social City as we are, you're probably looking for any additional ways to add themed items to your winter playground. In comes a new holiday-themed raffle to solve this need, as you now have a chance to add 7 more winter-themed items to your North Pole district, by simply spinning to win.

This newest raffle is available via Featured section of the game's store. It costs 8 City Bucks for each individual spin you'd like to do, and there are six items that can be won, at random, for each spin. As usual, there is no guarantee that you won't land on a duplicate item on subsequent spins, so if you're looking to collect all six, you'll either need to be extremely lucky (to land on each item only once, taking just six spins), or be willing to spend a lot of City Bucks to make sure you get them all.

If you are a lucky player that collects all six items, you'll be rewarded with the grand prize - Santa's Workshop, an incredibly decorated and highly animated leisure item that will add 43,000 Happiness Points to your town.

Just as most raffles are time limited, we're guessing that this raffle will only be around as long as the holidays, so start spinning now for your chance to add some exclusive Christmas spirit to your North Pole!

FrontierVille Mystery Reindeer Crate: Collect all three to find Rudolf

It looks like Zynga has decided to join in the reindeer games this holiday season by introducing the Reindeer Mystery Crate to FrontierVille for just the remainder of December. For only 15 more days, you'll be able to buy this limited edition Mystery Animal Crate for 30 Horseshoes, or about $4, with a chance at one of three different reindeer. Inside the most festive box will either be a Brown, Gray or White Reindeer equipped with bells, reins and ready to go.

Even the White Reindeer has a red nose, so let that serve as Rudolf's unofficial cameo on the homestead. Unfortunately, there's currently no option to buy a single reindeer like with most Mystery Animal Crates. So, act fast and do whatever luck-conjuring rituals you have up your sleeves to get the Mystery Reindeer you desire by Dec. 31 when these magical bucks are set to disappear for good.

The Price is Right Cheats & Tips Walkthrough

The Price is Right is a social game based on one of the longest running, most loved game shows in television history. Developed by Ludia, you can play your Favorite TPIR games along with friends and other TPIR enthusiasts from all over the World. Gamezebo's The Price is Right strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips and tricks, hints and cheats on how to win.

Getting Started
To play The Price is Right you must be registered with a Facebook account in good standing. You can find the link to play the game at the bottom of this page.

Once you load the screen you will need to give the game permission to access your information and it will also bookmark the game which can be found in your bookmark area at Facebook.

You will start out with 10 coins the first time you play the game. Each day you receive a random number of free coins to play the game. 1-5 Coins You must pay 2 coins to play one 5 round game. (2 Coins equals 1 show) Once you run out of coins you have the option of purchasing more using a major credit card, Paypal, or several other methods. $5.00 will buy you 20 coins which is 10 games. Leveling up also earns you additional coins to play so the more you win in the game the more times you can play.

Note: There is a chat box at the bottom of the game screen that allows you to chat with all people in your game room. Please note that it has been said that certain profane words (even those considered "mild") will have you immediately kicked out of the game so be careful what you type in the chat box.

Note: You must have Adobe Flash player 10.1 to play this game. If you do not have the current version there is a prompt available for you to download it. If the game still does not work after you install it, restart your computer and it should work.

Getting into Contestant's Row
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Click on the green "Play Now" button at the bottom right corner of the screen. It will cost 2 coins to play each 5 round game. To see how many coins you have look up to the top left of the screen for your total.

Twelve people (which includes yourself) play in each show. If your Facebook friends are playing you may see them or other players you do not know may be in your game. Just like the television show you are a member of the audience and the other members are your friends and other Facebook players.
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Your first goal is to make it into one of the 4 seats called "Contestant's Row" and you will be given 5 rounds for every 2 coins you pay to play.

An item will be displayed on a small video screen (Clips from the actual television show) and a full description of that item will be given voice and in text at the bottom of the screen.

Note: The moment the description and video begins you can enter your bid and you will also see a green circular time keeper moving and once it turns red and completes the circle your time is up so have our bid in as fast as possible or your bid will be entered as "0000".
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Note: There are 4 digit place holders and if you place your cursor to the top of the "0" you will see an up arrow and if you move the cursor to the bottom of it you will see a down arrow. Place it where you feel most comfortable moving the numbers from 9 down or 0 up.

The four players closest to the actual retail price of the item without going over will be called to participate in Contestant's Row and will win cash bonuses based on who came the closest.

If you do not make it into contestant's row you will remain in the audience and round 2 will begin where you will continue to try and make it into Contestant's row and this will continue until your 5 sessions are over.

Contestant's Row
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If you are one of the lucky 4 people that make it into Contestant's row you will see your name tag and Facebook profile picture in one of the four seats along with the other 3 players that made it in.

Another item will be shown to you in video format (Clips from the television show) with a description read to you and with text at the bottom if you prefer to read it.

The game follows the Television show very well and you feel the pressure to put an answer in quickly in the same way. Watch for the green wheel turning and once it turns red you have just a couple of seconds to get your answer in and hit "Submit" .

    The winner is the person that comes closest to the actual retail price of the item without going over.
    You can as in the game show enter a bid of one dollar if you think your competition has overbid.
    If everyone overbids the round will be replayed and instructed to bid lower than the lowest overbid.
    If you guess the exact cost of the item you will win a cash bonus.
    If you lose the round you will stay in contestant's row and the winner will move on to play a pricing game.
    You do not see other players playing their pricing games you move on to the next round.
    If you win while on Contestant's Row you will be taken to play the very first of whichever 9 pricing games you have unlocked the first one of which will be "Safe Cracker"
    Any money you win in a pricing game will be added to your grand total which you can see in the list at the right of the screen.
    If you lose the pricing game you are finished until it is time to spin the wheel at the end of the game to see if you qualify for the showcase.

Note: Based on your level you could be asked to play any pricing game that you have unlocked. The more you play and level up the more pricing games you will unlock increasing your chances of getting the one you are most proficient at.

Pricing Games
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Just as in the Television version there are pricing games available to play once you successfully bid on an item while on Contestant's row.

Note: On the Television show there are over 60 pricing games in rotation. In this game there are currently 9 but this could increase in the future.

As you win money in the game a cumulative total is kept as this determines your ranking in the game.

The more you play TPIR and the more money you win you will also level up. Leveling up unlocks certain pricing games for you to play and practice and you earn more points to play additional games with.

The pricing games follow this unlock order and are played just as the games on Television but with adaptations for computer play:

    Safe Cracker - Unlocked at Start of Game.
    Clock Game - Unlocks at Level 1
    Bonkers - Unlocks at Level 5
    Three Strikes - Unlocks at Level 10
    Plinko - Unlocks at Level 15
    Lucky Seven - Unlocks at Level 20
    Hole in One - Unlocks at Level 25
    Cliff Hangers - Unlocks at Level 30
    Check Out - Unlocks at Level 35
    Winning any of these pricing games adds to your grand total increasing your odds of winning the Showcase Showdown at the end of the game.


Spinning the Wheel
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The top 2 of the 12 players will move on to the Showcase Showdown and the other 10 players will spin the Wheel for bonus money. The 10 players will be allowed to spin the wheel and you will be able to see their results on the list at the right of the screen. The wheel is divided into 20 sections in increments of 5 cents to $1.00. Simply Click on the wheel to spin and it will spin downward.

Rules: The goal is to try to get as close to one dollar as possible without going over.

You are allowed 2 spins and you do not have to take the second spin if you do not want to in fear you may go over.

Pro Tip: If you look to the right you will see your ranking and what your other players have spun and this can help you decide if you want a second spin or not. If someone has already reached 3 high scores you might as well go for it.

The top 3 people to get closest to $1.00 without going over will win as follows:

    First Place Wins - $20,000
    Second Place Wins - $10,000
    Third Place Wins - $ 5,000


If you did not make it to the showdown you will not see the actual showdown but you will see the results of it shown on the screen after a few moments.

Look at the very top of the list to your right to see which friends have won the most money and where your ranking is in the list of 12 players.

Note: Encourage your friends to play by sending them an invitation at the top right of the screen. The more friends that play the more money for all of you.

Showcase Showdown
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If you make it to the Showcase Showdown you will be playing against one other person as you two are the two top money earners out of the 12 players in the game.

You will each be shown a different showcase of prizes of which you must try to give your best estimate as to the retail value of all of it added together but you can not go over.

Note there is again a green wheel timer so be sure to enter your bid before this wheel has made one complete revolution.

The person with the highest ranking will see their showcase first and can either bid or pass it to the second highest ranking person.

If you are able to come within 500 dollars of the total retail value of your showcase then you will win both showcases.

The grand total of all money earned will be listed and you will be placed in a ranking order found on the right side of the screen.

Note: Your winnings are cumulative and the more you play the faster you will level up unlocking pricing games and earning bonus cash.

Nominate Zynga's FarmVille and FrontierVille in 2010 Crunchies Awards

Feeling down in the dumps that neither Treasure Isle nor even FarmVille were awarded Social Game of the Year in this year's Game Developer's Choice Online Awards? Well, Zynga wants to save some face in 2010 by rallying the masses to nominate both FrontierVille and FarmVille in the 2010 Crunchies Awards put together by Tech Crunch. A community driven award show that honors achievements in the technology world from Best Venture Capitalist to Best Time Sink Application.

This is where you come in. In the preliminary nominations period, going on now through Dec. 24, anyone can nominate anything for any award. While this leaves things open for potential sabotage--I'm looking at you, Anonymous--it also leaves it open for FarmVille and FrontierVille players like you and I to throw in a vote. Zynga is currently asking its fans to choose FarmVille as The Best Time Sink Application of 2010 while asking FrontierVille players to nominate its Wild West Facebook game as the Best Social Application of 2010.

The top nominees in each category will be selected by Tech Crunch as Crunchies Finalists. Voting on the finalists will then begin in January 2011. If you live in or near San Francisco or truly love tech enough to travel and attend the ceremony on Jan. 21 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater, extremely limited general admission tickets will go on sale soon. But even if you can't make it, be sure to vote for your favorite social game in the 2010 Crunchies even if it isn't a Zynga game, because, hey, it's a free country.

It Girl Cheats & Tips Walkthrough

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It Girl is a simulation game developed by CrowdStar and played on Facebook where you can make yourself into the ultimate "It Girl" The "It Girl" is beautiful, Stylish, Trendy and attends all the hot spots, and major venues.

She starts out as a City girl but is soon jet setting all over the world. Update her look at the salon and purchase clothes from the trendiest stores to increase her overall hotness level. When you attend parties or even walking down the street challenge other girls to a showdown to see who is the ultimate "It Girl!" If people give you compliments your confidence increases, and as you fill your closet with trendy clothing your social status rises. Your Facebook friends are considered part of your clique and the more friends you have the more popular you are. Gamezebo's "It Girl" strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips and tricks, hints and cheats on how to do your best at "it Girl".

Getting Started
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You must have a current Facebook account to play "It Girl". If you don't have one you can register here http://www.facebook.com.

A link to the game is found at the bottom of this page.

You will need to give permissions to the game so click on "Accept" and then you are ready to play, invite Facebook friends to join your Clique and you will find the game bookmarked in the home area at Facebook..

At first you will see a screen where you can build your character. You can choose things such as skin color, eyes, hair, and even eyeshadow color. Once finished hit "Done" and a brief game tutorial will begin.

Need more Neighbors for your Clique? Invite them by clicking on the "Invite Friends" tab at the top of the page or you can visit this official site to add new friends to your Clique in the Crowdstar forum - http://apps.facebook.com/forum-it-girl/viewforum.php?f=1

The game is still pretty new and new features will be added all the time. Be sure to check back here at Gamezebo where this guide will be updated as new elements are added to the game. This quick start guide should give you a good idea how the game works and how to get off to a great start.

Game Elements
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Here you will see the elements to the game screen for "It Girl"

A. Level Indicator - In the star to the left of the game screen you will see your current game level, location and level name.

B. Currency Indicator - This is the amount of Cash you have on hand to spend while shopping. Clothing can be sold back from your closet if you no longer want it.

C. Confidence Indicator - (Heart meter) This meter shows how much confidence you have out of a maximum of 100. Each time you battle another girl even if you win you will both lose confidence points. Whoever loses the least amount of confidence points during a battle is the winner of the showdown. NOTE - Confidence regenerates every few minutes on its own if you place your cursor over the indicator it will tell you how much time must go by before you can earn more.

D. Energy/Stamina Level - (Coffee Cup Meter) This meter shows how much energy you have for shopping and attending parties and other social events. You can purchase more Stamina in the Coffee Shop using Facebook Credits. Note - Energy regenerates every few minutes as well. Place your cursor over the indicator to see how much time until you earn more stamina or energy which will help you shop.

E. Your Avatar - This is you in the game. If you don't like how you look visit the Spa. Here you can Tan, have your hair cut and colored, and even have your make up applied to make you even hotter than ever.

F. Help - Click here to visit the "It Girl" Forums. This will lead you pages that will help you find other girls to join your clique.

G. Go Inside store - This is the first store you will go into. (See Shopping below for more details)

H. My Clique - Click here to see how many Facebook friends have joined your Clique. The more friends you have the more likely it is you will win when you showdown against other girls for the title of "It Girl"

I. Free Gifts - Click here and you can send 1 free gift to each girl in your Clique once very 24 hours. They can also send free gifts to you. These gifts will be found in your closet or purse/Inventory areas.

J. Invite Friends - Click here to directly invite friends that are already on your Facebook friend list. You can visit "It Girl" add me sites all over the web to find friends to join your clique but I would recommend the forum at Crowdstar at the top right of the game screen.
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K. L. and M - Quests - These are Quests you can perform to earn big money. The Envelope (K.) gives you a quest of attending a party and winning a certain number of showdowns. The Bag Quest (L.) asks you to find a particular outfit in a store. The final Quest (M.) asks you to show off an outfit at a particular party or area a certain number of times. Finishing these quests will earn you a lot of money and new quests will appear when you complete them.

N. Your Location - This is your Current Location.

O. Game Settings - Here you can toggle the game's music, sound effects, screen Quality and make it fulls screen if you wish. Click on the first tab with the arrow to open the menu.

P. Dressing your Friends - Click on this hanger to dress your friends in items from your Closet. You can let them borrow the item but it will still be in your Closet when you return for it.

Q. My Clique - These are your best girl friends in your Clique. The larger your Clique the more showdowns you can win and more clothes you can borrow from them.
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R. My Parties - Click here to see which parties you have unlocked and can currently attend. Be sure to check the dress code of the party and make sure you are dressed appropriately. Once at the party you will be asked to beat at least 3 other girls in a showdown and higher numbers in higher levels of the game.

S. Inventory - Closet and Purse - Click on the hanger to expand the menu to see the purse. Here you will find all of the clothing you have purchased as well as access items in your purse.

T. Maps/Transportation - Click on the Taxi to expand the tab of the Airplane. Click on these tabs to see the City map and World Map. These only become available once you have unlocked enough levels to leave the city you are in.

U. Catalogue Shopping - Click here to shop in an Catalog.

Note: When you begin the game you will be given 150 dollars in spending money and will have a maximum of 15 Stamina and 100 Confidence. Keep an eye on these levels at all times especially before a showdown.

Ways of Earning Money in the Game
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You can earn money in the game over time and it is like an allowance that you earn.

The more you level up the more money you earn and the more frequently you earn it.

Also, winning Showdowns can earn you money as well as finding special items in stores.

Always click on dollar bills if you see them on the floor next to your Avatar.
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You also get a daily bonus once every 24 hours at the Newsstand. Be sure to click on the newsstand once a day to collect your Daily Bonus.

If you wish to purchase additional energy to shop with go into the Coffee shop and use your Facebook Credits to purchase these items. Facebook credits can also help you level up in the game faster.

How to Move around the game Screen
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To move around the game screen place your cursor near the girl and then while holding the left mouse button down drag the cursor to the area you wish for her to walk and when you let go of the left mouse button she will walk there.

Note: When in a store look for the pink arrow and click on it to move out of a store and back onto the street.

Note: When you want to go into a store simply click on the door and if the store is unlocked for you then your character will walk inside. If the door is locked you must wait until you reach a certain level in the game to unlock it.

What is a Showdown and how do you Win?
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A showdown is what you will initiate between you and another girl in the game.

If you place your cursor on another girl a menu will appear above her head as shown above.

You can either chat with her (Compliments earn you confidence points), check her details to see how confident she is and how likely it is she could beat you in a showdown.

If you want to showdown with that girl click on "Showdown" at the top.

In a few seconds you will see a "-??" which is the number of confidence points that girl has lost in the showdown. Whomever loses the least amount is the winner of the showdown and will earn some money which you must click on when it is on the ground.

Showdowns are an important way to win money and confidence points as well as completing quests. The more outfits in your closet and the more friends in your Clique the more likely you will win these showdowns.

Shopping for Clothing and Accessories
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Shopping for clothing and accessories is an important part of the game. The clothing you buy can add to your overall hotness score and help you win showdowns against other girls.

To go inside a store click on the door of the store and your character will walk in.

Note: You must reach certain levels before you can go into certain stores. You also can not take a cab or plane until you reach certain levels in the game.

Once you are inside mouse over the different racks and tables of clothing and accessories in the store.

Click on the the rack and you will lose 1 Stamina/energy point for searching. If you find a great item you have the option of trying it on and then purchasing it. If you purchase it you have the option of putting it on right then and there or placing it in your closet.

Note: If you see money or coffee cups fall to the ground after finding special items be sure to click on them as these are bonuses for finding special items.

Once you leave a store you may find you can't get into the next one. This is because you must reach certain levels to go into certain stores.

At the top of the screen toward the center you will see how many hidden items are in the store. If you have enough energy to search for all of them you will eventually find special items which earn you bonuses and you will find special items to wear to parties.

Once you have the right outfit be sure to check your invitations and see if you can attend a party and complete a quest.

Attending Parties, Nightclubs, Casual Events
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To become invited to parties, Nightclubs, Casual Events or Black Tie affairs you can read Magazines at the Newsstand on the street once per day or you can read various billboards around the city.

Once you have unlocked an event be sure to note what kind of event it is and then make sure you are dresses appropriately for it. (See Key in image above)

You can also click on your Quests at the upper left side of the screen.

If you are not dresses appropriately you will not win showdowns.

Look near the top of the screen and you will see how much energy you have as well as confidence and place your cursor on other girls to get details about them. If you think you can beat them in a showdown then click on "Showdown" You will be notified right away if you have won or lost. Either way you will lose confidence points and will need to replenish them.

Visiting the Salon to Change your Appearance
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If you feel like you aren't winning enough showdowns try visiting the Salon shown pictured above.

You can tan, change your hairstyle and color as well as make up.

This can increase your hotness score and help you win more showdowns but it will cost money so make sure you have enough.

Visiting your Friends in your Clique!
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Look at the bottom of the game screen to see the friends in your Clique or click on the link at the top of the game screen.

You have the option to call, dress up, or send a gift to your friend.

When you place your mouse over their avatar you will see these options appear from the top.

Click on what you want to do and you can earn extra money and energy points for helping out a friend.

If you call a friend she will say something to you that increases your confidence level.

If you dress her up and send her a picture it will increase her confidence level.

If you send a gift it can only be done once every 24 hours per friend and as you level up there will be more gifts available to choose from to send. This gift could be something such as an invitation to a party or an energy bar to give them more shopping energy.

Congratulations!
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You have completed the basic game play guide for It Girl from CrowdStar Games at Facebook. Be sure to check back often for game updates, Staff and user reviews, user tips, forum comments and much more.

Kobe Bryant is making a Facebook game?

When Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant isn't on the court, appearing in explosive TV ads or running his own web show he's making... Facebook games? No, your eyes do not deceive you--Kobe Bryant is teaming up with Endemol USA, a production company specializing in entertainment programming and behind his recent web show Dream Makers: Kobe Bryant, to break into the world of Facebook gaming.

Kobe Bryant, who will play a key role in development of the game, says, "I'm excited to partner with Endemol USA and 6waves to bring unprecedented entertainment to gaming fans worldwide."

The game will be published by 6waves, known for recent Facebook hits like Ravenwood Fair and Big Business, and will give players the opportunity to win real prizes like memorabilia signed by Bryant himself and tickets to a Lakers game. According to Endemol, the game may also feature elements from Dream Makers, making what it calls "a ground-breaking multi-media social game." Other than that, details are scarce on how exactly the game will play or what it will be titled. Just know that Kobe Bryant is treading new ground as the first athlete to have a Facebook game be all about him. And would a star like Bryant have it any other way?

Finally, hang out with your Android buddies in Hanging With Friends

It looks like Tuesday is unofficially Zynga Game Day, as the company just announced that Hanging With Friends is now available for free on the Android Market. Keep in mind, this comes just minutes after the company revealed Mafia Wars 2. Even better news than the fact that Android players can get in on Zynga With Friends's second mobile game is that it's now cross-platform ready.

Yes, now you can play both your iPhone-toting friends and your best Android-owning enemies buds in this crazy take on the classic pen and paper game of Hangman. In case you're unfamiliar, Hanging With Friends takes the popular turn-based exchange of the wildly popular Words With Friends and applies that to a wacky game of Hangman, but with some twists.

For one, players who choose their word for an opponent are limited by the letters provided to them. Then, that challenge is sent to a player who must guess the word with a limited amount of guesses. This exchange of posing challenges and guesses continues asynchronously until one player loses all of their balloons and falls into a pit of lava or other various deathtraps.

Luckily, you have a series of power-ups at your disposal that can restore some of your guesses or reveal letters that may or may not be part of the word your friend chose in secret. Of course, these boosts cost Coins, which you can accumulate over time by winning Hanging With Friends matches or purchasing them outright in-game.
Gallery: Hanging With Friends on Android
Of course, the Android version contains all of the features that its iOS counterpart sports, like the ability to play up to 20 games at a time, in-game chat and push notifications. Finally, you can add friends via your existing With Friends account, or just connect to Facebook (like everyone else) to find more folks to crush with your wordsmithery. Have at thee, Fandroids.

Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski is awfully addicted to Angry Birds

Another falls to the power of casual games. Just as actress Emma Stone had to go cold turkey on FarmVille, Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski has admitted to Collider an acute Angry Birds addiction. The actress (and voice of Miranda Lawson in Bioware's Mass Effect series) told the website she's not just hopelessly addicted to the game, but has some serious bird-slinging game.

"I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds," Strahovski admitted to Collider. "I have 3 stared every single level that has ever come out ever except for this one in this moon thing that just came out." Well, she already has me beat, it seems, and likely many of you.

When asked whether she used YouTube or something else to cheat, the Australian starlet replied, "No. I am legitimate. The only thing I looked up is that I could't find the last two golden watermelons in the Rio version. I could't find them. I was like, 'Where are the watermelons?!' So I had to go online and find out where they were." Alright, we get it, so you know your stuff.

Her next mission? Clear every level in the game with 100 percent using the Mighty Eagle. Well, I guess that's about the only challenge she has left, considering she's obliterated every last level. After that, maybe she might consider voice over work for the upcoming Angry Birds movie when it goes into production in oh, I don't know, two years? And who knows, maybe you'll catch her in a Starbucks, flicking away to destroy your high score sometime soon.

Google+ opens its doors to all, but (hopefully) mostly social gamers

The proverbial veil has been lifted, everyone. Google+ is finally open to the public, meaning anyone can join Google's social network regardless of whether they've been invited through a friend. More importantly, this means the service, which soft-launched back in August to a controlled amount of users through invites, is open to even more social gamers than before.

Granted, there are only 16 games so far on Google+ Games. But surely the company hopes, that with an influx of potential players, that developers will become even more interested in Google as a social gaming destination. However, there are several arguably basic social features that aren't yet a part of the Google+ developer API, or application programming interface.

Namely, the posts that players can push through to the Games Stream from a Google+ game are not interactive. This means that the viral nature of social gaming is severely hindered on the network--players cannot directly help one another through the Games Stream like the can through the Facebook News Feed. This essentially thwarts what is popularly believed to give social games their name.

At the moment, players can only post general updates such as, "I scored 5 bajillion points in Bejeweled Blitz!" However, Rovio played somewhat of a smarter game with Angry Birds on Google+ Games, and introduced a friend gate to most of its content, meaning players have to add so many friends to access new levels. Luckily, Google has already stated that it's working to introduce more robust features over time.

Regardless, omissions like this serve as proof that Google+ Games, while impressive in its scope, ambition and support, is still a nascent gaming platform when put up against competitors like Facebook. With this news, perhaps the race Google+ is running has changed track to whether Google+ Games can keep up with the demands and needs of its players, rather than its competitors.

Mobile social game taps into 700K player base for children's charity

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What do you do when you're a well-respected mobile game with 700K players worldwide? You design a virtual soup can helmet and sell it to your players for charity! At least, that's what Per Blue's Parallel Kingdom is doing (with Playmob) for the SOS Children relief in North Kenya.

SOS Children's Villages is an independently operated, international organization that's been saving kids since 1949. Currently, funds are needed for emergency food and medical aid due to a severe drought in the area. Soup Can Helmets cost 550 Food each (the virtual currency of Parallel Kingdom), which is the equivalent of $5.50 USD and enough to feed three children. Since the helmet is priced with Food, it's possible for you to not spend any real money on the helmet for it to still count. (In fact, for those of you who haven't liked the game's Facebook page yet, there's a free 100 Food offer that you can use towards a helmet purchase.)

According to Per Blue, this charity drive is at its halfway point with only a week left to go. So far, 550 Soup Can Helmets have been sold, which means 1,650 children have been cared for. If you play the game, you can buy the Soup Can Helmet in the PK Swag section of your local Trade Post until September 29.
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If you're new to the game and feeling adventurous, then after the tutorial stage, click on the Food tab on the bottom of your game screen to reach the Get Food menu. You'll see the Donate Food option, but it's really just a notice for the charity drive. Instead, you need to go to Travel, click on a Trade Hub (the one in Madison, WI is one of the two biggest ones), and locate your Local Trade Post, which should be a white building with a red roof buried under a dozen other players who are represented as little heads. Finally, you need to be at Level 2 to be allowed to purchase the helmet. (If you get lost, fire up the in-game chat. Special thanks goes to MisMoon, MoldyBanana, and ZeroGr@vity for their help.)
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Parallel Kingdom is best described as FourSquare meets a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). It surpassed a half million players in June, was voted 2009 Best Augmented Reality App Second Place (first place went to XMG Studio Inc.'s Pandemica) and 2009 Best MMO Game Third Place (beaten by ngmoco's Eliminate Pro, with Miraphonic's Epic Pet Wars in first place). Although Parallel Kingdom is not a true Facebook game (its Facebook game app simply links you to register on the website), it does possess Facebook Connect and can be played on your PC with a web browser.

Putting the 'face' in Facebook games: Arkadium and Image Metrics

Arkadium is likely best known on Facebook for games like Mahjongg Dimensions and Cooking Mama, but that's about to change. Thanks to a brand new partnership with Image Metrics, an animation studio best known for the facial capture technology it provides to traditional game developers, your own face could be the star of Arkadium's next Facebook game.

During an interview with Gamasutra, the new found duo revealed Portable You, a new toolset for Facebook game developers--starting with New York City-based Arkadium--to allow players to include their own face as the centerpiece of their avatars. Using a simple webcam, Portable You, embedded in any given Facebook, could create a 3D rendering of your head and face.

By the way, that picture to the right is a 3D reproduction of an actress's face done by Image Metrics--it's not real. But we doubt Portable You will be as powerful. This is especially considering the technology was bought through an acquisition of Big Stage earlier this year.

"Mostly we've been the user of our own technologies," Image Metrics CEO Robert Gehorsam said to Gamasutra. "But we've also really come to realize and believe there's a major shift going on in how people want to represent themselves, express themselves and communicate online, starting with creating your own character in a game."

"We work directly from video; we don't require any kind of markers, or the special makeup," Gehorsam told Gamasutra. "We can go directly from a video screen or from a single image to 3D animation... through a whole bunch of equations that recognize the face in a 2D context. It's not a photo; it's really 3D."

Sure, this has the potential to introduce a never-before-seen level of immersion to Facebook games. The idea of representing or expressing yourself more accurately than ever has plenty of charm. But the more pressing question I have for Image Metrics is: How well does Portable You render beards?

Bejeweled Blitz Live for Xbox thrives on speed & competiton

PopCap's Facebook game Bejeweled Blitz is headed to Xbox Live in the next few months. The game, called Bejeweled Blitz Live, is largely similar to the Facebook version, the goal is to match three or more of the same colored gems as possible in 60 seconds, and see how your score stacks up against friends in an in-game leaderboard.

There is absolutely no connection between the Facebook game and this new version (the two games, say, don't share a leaderboard), sand there are a few other key differences -- including an epic-sounding 16-player Party mode, as in, 16 people can play the game at the same time over Xbox Live, competing for a top spot in an in-game leaderboard. You will also be able to go head-to-head against friends over Live or just play against other people in your own living room.

PopCap rolled by the Games.com HQ today and gave us a sneak peek at the Bejeweled Blitz Live. Unfortunately the 16-player Party mode was unavailable, so me and my esteemed colleague Laurent tried the two modes in the game that don't require an online connection -- two-player split screen mode. First, we tried the the Classic mode (which is just straight up Bejeweled Blitz) and then went head-to-head in the Twist mode, where you twist sets of gems clockwise/counterclockwise to make a match. If you played Bejeweled Twist on PC, this is pretty much the same thing, except you can twist gems both ways. (Laurent smoked me in the Classic mode, and I returned the favor in Twist.)

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Like all Bejeweled games, Bejeweled Blitz Live has that same addictive quality, and once you finish a one-minute round (which ends all too quickly), it'll be hard to resist playing again and again until you beat your friends and see your name move to the top of the leaderboard.

Seasoned Bejeweled players, however, will have to get used to using an Xbox Live controller to match gems instead of a keyboard and mouse. To move gems, you use the left thumb stick to select a game and then use the four colored buttons on the controller to determine which way the gem will move (up, down, left, right). It feels a little strange at first, but after a while you'll get the hang of it -- though I don't think it will ever match the precision of the PC controls. That might be a turn-off for fans who play Bejeweled on PC, but then again, not sure how many typical Bejeweled players (female, casual gamer-types) will really be playing an Xbox version of their favorite game. This game is clearly marketed to the 'core' Xbox gamer (and maybe maybe moms / girlfriends / wives of Xbox gamers) more than anyone else.

Since this is an Xbox Live game, achievements will be built in (no details on what these are just yet) and, of course, playing will add to your overall Gamerscore. The price of Bejeweled Blitz is still TBD, but considering PopCap's other big Xbox Live game Plants vs. Zombies is available for 1200 Microsoft Points (roughly $15), I'd guess it'll be somewhere in the same ballpark.

FarmVille Winter Countdown ends tomorrow, last chance at Disco Cow

Here's your last shot at that groovy Disco Cow. Zynga has announced on the FarmVille Blog that the Winter Countdown event in FarmVille will end tomorrow, Jan. 19, at 9 a.m. PST. If you haven't collected all 12 rewards from the event, you better get to it ASAP if you want the fro-rocking bovine.

For the uninitiated, check out our full guide on how the Winter Countdown works and how to best tackle it. Also, take a look at each of the event's 12 items for a sneak peek at what you're about to be doing for the next, say, couple hours. Good luck and if you manage to accomplish a 12-day-long feat in just over 12 hours, enjoy your Disco Cow and a much-deserved day's sleep.

FarmVille brings you the death of the American farm(er)

David Thier delivered the most grandiose proclamation ever seen for a social game in The Atlantic today, writing that "Farmville is a savage metaphor for the death of the small family farm to the grinding wheels of mechanized capitalism." And you know it's not just big talk, since Thier spent over a year to reach this shining truth, having realized the parallels from writing an earlier piece, The Strange Appeal of Virtual Farming:

    When you log into the game, Farmville shows you a random picture of one idyllic farm or another--a bountiful field of pineapples, flowers, and wheat next to a little cottage, maybe, or perhaps an autumn scene of maple syrup and bright red trees. The reality, however, is that in order to afford such decorations you must either pay US dollars or plant endless fields of cash crops. Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, but for a simplistic videogame, Farmville offers a curious model for juxtaposing pastoral fantasy with the industrial realities of modern farming. The parallel isn't perfect: I'm pretty sure an alien cow on a real farm would fetch way more than 120 coins.

Now, he riffs this realization into a beautiful story of him being a FarmVille farmer that is cheeky in its pretension, but elegiac and entirely surreal:

    It became too much. I let the fields go fallow and began playing another Zynga game, CityVille. I see those other farmers still on their land, planted hedgerow to hedgerow, scouring their coops in hopes of golden eggs and waiting for the fat cats at Zynga to bless them with some new piece of machinery so they can click their lives away just to scrounge together enough coins to eke a few more levels toward what I assume is the American Dream. Poor bastards.

Thier isn't exactly John Steinbeck, but if you've been hankering for some The Grapes of Wrath à la FarmVille, this is as close as it gets. The only thing that can get even closer is if this proposal of FarmVille subsidies comes to pass.
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FrontierVille: Does Hank need a makeover? Help Zynga decide in new poll

Back in November, FrontierVille players were given the opportunity to upgrade their General Stores, and hire a new in-game character to work at that store. The character's name is Hank [pictured], and while he offers up the occasional corny joke, and makes appearances at in-game celebrations (Thanksgiving Dinner or the New Years party, as examples), he doesn't really serve any other purpose in the game.

However, it looks as though Zynga might be hoping to change that, as they have launched a new poll on the official FrontierVille forums asking a single, simple question: "Would you give Hank a makeover?" The poll has two answers - yes or no - and you are more than welcome to add your own thoughts and comments to the discussion in the thread.

The poll here isn't necessarily the big news though - it's why Zynga is taking the time to focus on this NPC in the first place. When Bess was introduced to the game, it was hinted that perhaps she might take an interest in Hank, but during the New Years Party celebration, we also heard Miss Fanny Wildcat (the in-game schoolteacher) proclaim her affections for good ole Hank as well. Could this makeover be in anticipation of some romantic happenings in the game come Valentine's Day (which is next month)?

Perhaps we'll see a goal series where we have to choose which lady friend Hank will call his own in this love triangle. It would certainly be an entirely unique aspect to the game (as I wouldn't consider the creation of your own spouse in the game to be a real "love-filled" moment), and I would personally be interested in watching it play out. Or... perhaps this poll is just that - a poll to get users talking about the non-playable characters in the game. But hey, one can always dream for something more grand... can't I?

Sling a few pies in Pizza World on Facebook

While there are plenty of restaurant-themed games on Facebook, and even a few that offer specialty cooking (like Baking Life), it's not everyday that you come across a game focused solely on pizzas. Pizza World caught our eye, and while the game is far from perfect, it does seem to have a solid enough gameplay scheme to bring in those players who want another game allowing them to spend some time in a virtual kitchen.

Pizza World begins with a basic tutorial, where you'll learn that the "World" in Pizza World really means something - you'll be placed in control of multiple pizzerias, located in different countries all over the world. While you'll eventually be able to claim land in all of these spots, your first pizzeria is placed in your choice of: New York City, Paris, Tokyo, or Cairo. You'll unlock the rest of these locations, along with a few others in Asia, Africa, and even in the middle of the Indian Ocean on a ship!

Depending on where your pizza shop is located, you'll have access to a variety of themed decorations with which to outfit your cafe, but the main gameplay mechanics remain unchanged regardless of your location. You'll be able to make different varieties of pizzas, serve them to your customers for profit and then continue the cycle, as you'd expect from any Facebook game. Meet us behind the break for how the rest of Pizza World stacks up.
The main business mechanic in Pizza World is very similar to that of Restaurant City - your pizza shops will only be open so long as you want them to be. You must pay a particular amount of coins to open the shop (with shifts being available for just a few minutes, or even a matter of a few hours or more). The longer your shops stay open, obviously the more profit you'll be able to earn.

You'll start with a single variety of pizza - the Veggie Pizza, but you'll be able to add more varieties to your menu as you play the game, using ingredients that your friends can send you. Bacon and Cheese, for instance, would unlock the "Bacon Pizza," that you can create and then add to your menu. You'll even be able to create your own kinds of pizza, using a variety of free, standard ingredients placed along the edges of this "pizza creation" screen. Unfortunately, these pizzas can only be shared with your friends, which is an odd choice. Of course, you can always work around this if you're willing to ask your friends to create a very specific kind of pizza that you'd like to have on your own menu and then have them send it to you.

And what's a great pizza shop without a delivery service? You'll be able to purchase vehicles (starting with a bicycle), and you'll be able to fulfill guest delivery orders by clicking on the vehicle, and then clicking on the particular pizza that they ordered This will take you back to the pizza creation screen, where you will manually have to create the matching pizza (using a picture as a reference) in order to deliver it to the hungry customer. You're timed as you create the pizza, and are later given a tip (in coins) based on how accurate your were with your copy of the picture.

As you have more friends playing the game with you, you can hire these friends to be your staff - your janitor, chef and so on. This reduces the cost of starting a shift at your pizzeria(s). You can also customize each individual pizza shop with different items that can either be purchased from the store for coins, or built using a variety of building materials (these building materials can either be purchase in-game for Facebook Credits, or sent between friends for free as free gifts). The first item you'll create, for example, is the Water Dispenser. These kinds of items collect coins overtime that add slightly to your overall profit. More intricate items like a Slot Machine are also available, with said slot machine actually allowing you to gamble some of your in-game coins in a true-to-life slot machine mini-game of sorts.

After you've completed a certain number of in-game tasks, you'll start to unlock trophies, or achievements, representing your accomplishments. However, these trophies aren't necessarily described in the greatest way, so it might be a bit confusing as to how to earn them. Additionally, the entire game suffers from some slight English translation issues, so keep that in mind / be prepared for it.

Pizza World isn't your perfect Facebook game by any stretch, but I can definitely see the appeal to those diehard pizza fans out there. It might even make you hungry to go grab a slice of your own.