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Facebook Games Could Be Responsible For Demise Of Soap Operas
The Consumerist
By Phil Villarreal on April 26, 2011 11:15 AM 0 views Soap operas continue to wash out, and demographic analysis suggests audiences may be shifting away from the programming to spend more time on Facebook games. According to an Adweek story that ...
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The Consumerist
Play a game for social change
Kansas City Star
Rolling into its fourth week, Facebook game America 2049 is activism as entertainment, education as political thriller. The alternate-reality game takes place in an America "on the brink of disintegration. Human rights and self-expression are limited; ...
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Two New Facebook Games Offer Real-Time Cooperation and Competition
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
One of the complaints of social games to this point is that they aren't always all that social, but developers are working on this. Let's look at two recently-released games that let you play with other people on Facebook in real time. ...
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Report: Electronic Arts COO Leaves for Zynga
ABC News
Electronic Arts Inc.'s chief operating officer has left the company to join Zynga Inc., maker of the popular "FarmVille" game for Facebook, according to published reports. Electronic Arts, maker of the Madden series of football games, "The Sims," and ...
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Facebook Launches Three New Sponsored Stories
AllFacebook
The game and app stories will most definitely become much more common place as Facebook games make up a substantial percentage of Facebook's daily ad inventory. You can find a comprehensive overview of the latest Facebook Sponsored Stories in the guide ...
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Chicago children exposed to new dog fighting game; animal rescue groups react
Examiner.com
Chicago children are being exposed to a game that is teaching them the Art Of Dogfighting. Android, Now has available game application for your phone called "Dog Wars"- A dog fighting game. A recent posting on Facebook showcased an article and the ...
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Facebook 'Deals' Could Kill Groupon
The Stir (blog)
First, Zuckerberg had to integrate games into Facebook, then he had to make statuses more like tweets. Later, he gave users the option to "check-in" (a la Foursquare), and now, he's attempting to rip off Groupon and Living Social. ...
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The Stir (blog)
I have a word to pick with you
EastBayRI.com
Zynga is the publisher of some of the most successful Facebook games. Farmville, Frontierville and cityville are just a few of their monster hits. They have released a few of their Facebook games for the iPhone but haven't had the success that they ...
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New EA Exec Dave Madden Sees "Buckets of Money" in Cross-Platform Game Advertising
Forbes (blog)
There were 5 million mobile downloads of the game, 3.5 million monthly average users (MAU) and 5 million registered PC users. The game has expanded from console and mobile to a Facebook game and online game experience. "Brands and advertisers doing ...
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Forbes (blog)
You don't have to spend to enjoy these Freemium iPhone games
Appolicious
Essentially, any game by Zynga could make this list, including the Facebook-turned-iPhone-hits FarmVille and Mafia Wars. But the current leader from the leader in freemium games is Zynga Poker, a Texas Hold Em' app that is heavily reliant on in-app ...
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MLB Manager Online Preview (PC)
Operation Sports
And while one might want to categorize it as a "text-sim," it plays more like a Facebook game without the Facebook. Still, for a "sim-lite," it's a fun, addictive and quick way to experience the joy of managing a big league team. ...
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Operation Sports
Google Games is Coming to Every Device, Screen, and Plat ...
ExtremeTech
Without a social network, Google will struggle to gain traction in a very fast-moving and competitive market -- and the chances of Google using Facebook as its viral channel are very slim. Still, if Google can pull it off, there's no denying that games ...
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Kobojo raises $7.7M for social gaming
VatorNews
Founded in 2008, the Paris-based company is best known for its casual games and gaming apps, such as GooBox, PyramidVille, Robotz, and Docteur Love. Currently, the games are only available on Facebook and iPhone, but the company hopes to expand to ...
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VatorNews
The Rising Wave of Gamification
TechNewsWorld
Moreover, a majority of the applications on Facebook are games, both small and big. Social gaming networks like Zynga and Playfish dominate the Facebook platform in terms of engagement by a wide margin. According to an App Data report released April 4, ...
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Can Nintendo Wii and Game Consoles Reinvent Themselves?
Fox News
There are massively multiplayer games like World of Warcraft with 12 million players on the PC. Zynga's Facebook franchise FarmVille is such a hit that investors have pegged the company at nearly $10 billion. Worse, the consoles themselves are being ...
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Fox News
Kalmadi Joins Shoe-Throwing Target List
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mr. Kalmadi didn't win any friends with his conduct in the lead up to and during the Commonwealth Games. There is even a Facebook fan page called "I wish I could throw a shoe at Mr. Kalmadi," suggesting that Tuesday's "attack" might have been ...
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Empire Avenue Makes a Game from Socialization
Inside Social Games
Players can buy and sell shares in people — including their Facebook friends who aren't playing the game, who are currently sold at a flat rate — in an attempt to accumulate as large a portfolio and volume of personal wealth as possible. ...
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Friendster deleting account content you forgot you had
msnbc.com
... and now plans to turn it into an entertainment and games hub catering to Asian users. Which, as TechCrunch points out, "sounds exactly like Myspace when they started feeling the Facebook heat for real." (Except for the catering-to-Asians part. ...
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Basketball: Breakers' fans miss out as site swamped
New Zealand Herald
The Breakers' Facebook page was overwhelmed with irate messages from disappointed fans yesterday. Karen Floyd wrote: "Been at 90 per cent of Breakers games over the past eight years and now [I'm] going to miss them winning the cup. ...
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Bigpoint raises $350 million from VC firms
MarketWatch
Online games have become a hot sector thanks to the growth of the Internet, as well as social networks such as Facebook. Zynga Inc., which makes the popular Facebook games FarmVille and Mafia Wars, raised $300 million last year and is reportedly ...
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MarketWatch
The new golden age of video games
Salon
I don't think the games that are available on Facebook are nearly as satisfying as the ones you might find on a console or even a hand-held device. Many of them revolve around micro transactions, so you can play a few hours for free, but eventually ...
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Salon
GO CANUCKS GO: Keep the drive alive - send us your video cheer!
Vancouver Sun
... or post your photos and video on our Facebook wall here. We'll add it to our city-wide video project to help cheers on the Canucks! As we watch, white-knuckled, the final playoff game between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks tonight, ...
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All Technology Videos
CNNMoney
Play PopCap CEO Dave Roberts says games should be priced differently on Facebook and tablets, to lure both casual and frequent players. Play Researchers say Apple's iPhone and 3G iPad collect user location data that can be easily viewed on a laptop. ...
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Adult Video Game Addicts
W*USA 9
The kids' stepfather says the mom was too addicted to games to care for the children. In Denver a mother admitted she was playing an online Facebook game when her one-year-old son drowned in the bathtub. In Ohio a teen was convicted of murdering his ...
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Playing the Ad Game
Forbes (blog)
And in terms of social media and mobile, such as Facebook, iPhone, iPad and Android, the number one category in applications is games. So why aren't more advertising dollars directed towards games and games apps rather than TV or print if people spend ...
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LucasArts licenses Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games
Bizjournals.com
Epic, with about 550 employees worldwide and 150 at the Cary headquarters, is the anchor of the vibrant Triangle-area gaming cluster. The company, led by President Michael Capps, is working to diversify into mobile and Facebook games while maintaining ...
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Seeking the centre point between freedom and control
Chatham Daily News
Our daughter is now signed up to Facebook. She's only in Grade 3. She had been on my wife's social network account, and loved playing some of the games offered on Facebook. I was hesitant to sign her up. First off , I would have to set her up with her ...
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NBA Britwatch
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
... Atlanta Hawks team in the next round, the Bulls will need to find that extra gear. To watch any game of the NBA Playoffs live or on demand sign up for NBA League Pass at www.nba.tv. Follow the NBA in the UK via Facebook at www.facebook.com/nbauk.
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How Your Website Can Use the Facebook Send Button
Inside Facebook
... services and social games, are taking advantage of the Send button, plus more implementation strategies and a walk-through of generating the code for Send buttons can be found in the full version of this entry, part of the Facebook Marketing Bible, ...
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Did Zynga's Farmville and similar apps kill the soap opera?
The Inquisitr
The site lays out the stats behind the hypothesis: When Zynga–publisher of massively popular Facebook games such as FarmVille and CityVille–arrived on the scene in 2007, both All My Children and One Life to Live were averaging a 1.9 rating among women ...
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Yankees' Hughes felt 'deadness' in arm, unsure of future
Yahoo! Sports
"It's something I'm worried about," Hughes said, the Post reports, noting that it had been planned for Hughes to start a minor league game Thursday if everything had gone well Monday. Don't forget to follow Scoop du Jour on Twitter or Facebook. ...
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Xseed "Looking Into" 3DS Games From Quality Developers
Siliconera
11:30am Atlus, Aksys, and NIS America already announced games for the Nintendo 3DS. Xseed hasn't outlined any plans, but they are looking into licensing Nintendo 3DS software. A representative on Xseed's Facebook page wrote, "The 3DS is a slick piece ...
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The Nervous Fans' Guide To Surviving Game Seven
thescore.com (blog)
Better yet, you may want to huddle in your home, covered in a blanket until game time. You'll also want to stay off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter during the game. This will save you from making embarrassing "THIS TEAM IS AMAZING" ...
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Augustana wraps regular season on road
Augustana College Vikings
The Vikings travel to Upper Iowa on Wednesday for two games and take to the field against No. 6 Winona State( 31-6, 15-3 NSIC) on Thursday. Both pairs of twinbills will begin at 2 pm Augustana faces travel-partner Wayne State (29-12, 17-3 NSIC) on ...
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No. 23 LSU Softball takes two at No. 25 Auburn
WBXH
In-game updates are provided via the program's social media pages at www.Facebook.com/lsusoftball and www.Twitter.com/LSU_Softball. Langoni and Wray provided multi-hit performances to spark the LSU offense as the Tigers took control of the contest ...
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APPMODO GIVEAWAY: EggRollin for iPhone and iPad Promo Codes
Appmodo
We have 5 promo codes of Tilt Shift Games' EggRollin for iPhone and iPad to give away. If you are looking for a challenging physics-based game, this game is for you! Check out Appmodo's review here. Use the accelerometer controls to roll your Marutama ...
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Appmodo
Opinion: In-Game Advertising's Big New Play
Gamasutra
(Madden says the worse thing advertisers can do is attempt to create their own content, the kind of dreary marketing ghettos that plague Facebook, Second Life etc.) Whatever systems he puts into place, it's never going to be as simple as booking a ...
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Gamasutra
Round 2 tixs on sale Thursday
ESPN (blog)
Please visit Celtics.com, friend the Celtics on Facebook or follow them on Twitter (@celtics) for all the latest schedule information as it becomes available. All fans in attendance for the first home game will receive Celtics rally towels courtesy of ...
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Bobsled Goes Off The Tracks: T-Mobile Suspends Its Facebook Voice Service
MocoNews
It appears from Bobsled's statement that the crux of the problem is that the service looked like something created by Facebook itself, when in fact it was built in the same way that other Facebook apps (such as games) have been built: through the use ...
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Morning Tech Wrap: Apple, Sony, Facebook
Forbes (blog)
It features a 9.4-inch display and appears to be tailored to stream movies, play games and read e-books. The tablet was unveiled at the same time as Sony's "S2", a smaller mobile device with two 5.5 inch displays that can be folded like a book. ...
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Forbes (blog)
Cleveland Indians fans shouldn't panic yet, Terry Pluto writes
Plain Dealer (blog)
Dhanvin Desai posted that on my Facebook page. Several other fans have asked if this is it for the Indians -- the good start is over. Who knows? The three-game losing streak may turn into 30 . . . or at least 10. I will simply ask this: If anyone had ...
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Plain Dealer (blog)
Mass Effect 3 screenshots released, gives only a taste of game to come
Examiner.com
While you're at it, help spread the word and follow Mike on Twitter or Like Mike on Facebook! Check out his uncensored, off-the-chain blog at MikeUptonWrites.com! Got a question or comment? Throw it in the comments section below, or send one to Mike ...
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