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Quote of the Moment: Cheating yourself
"What we did have were massively multiplayer online games such as Final Fantasy XI and World of Warcraft, where players were encouraged to engage in a long process of leveling up their characters,...
FarmVille Mini-Foal breeds: Mini Foal, Mini Stallion Foal, Mini Cream Foal
Filed under: Farmville In the most recent update, FarmVille released new Miniature Horses and Mini-foals and once you breed them you'll get a variety of new ponies to add to your farm.
FarmVille New England Crop: Lady Slippers
Filed under: Farmville A new limited edition New England themed crop, Lady Slippers , a type of orchid, are now available for planting! Limited Edition Lady Slipper seeds can be purchased in the...
FarmVille New England Buildings: Stone Villa & Village Center
Filed under: Farmville There are two new limited edition New England buildings, the Stone Villa and the Village Center now available in FarmVille . These two buildings may be purchased with farm cash...
FarmVille New England Decorations: Flower Bridge, Rose Arch & Quilts
Filed under: Farmville Three new limited edition New England themed decorations have been added to the market tonight in FarmVille . The FarmVille Flower Bridge, Quilts, and Rose Arch decorations can be purchased...
FarmVille New England Tree: Heirloom Apple
Filed under: Farmville A new limited edition New England tree, the Heirloom Apple Tree, has hit the FarmVille Market. This limited edition Tree can be purchased for 10,000 coins during the next 10...
Upgrade your FarmVille farm to New England Beach Landscape
Filed under: Farmville In honor of the limited edition New England theme, you can now upgrade your farm to a Beach Landscape! You can purchase the Beach Landscape in the FarmVille Market under...
FarmVille Mystery Game Prizes Updated with Mini Animals!
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille has updated the Mystery Game with all new animal prizes tonight. Each try costs 20 Farm Cash, and there is no guarantee you will not get duplicates. Included in...
FarmVille Miniature Horse & Miniature Foal
Filed under: Farmville The limited edition New England themed FarmVille Minature Horse is finally here! We got a sneak peak of this adorable Mini Pony on a FarmVille loading screen teaser and have...
Top 25 Facebook games for August 2010
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , Bejeweled Blitz , PetVille , Happy Aquarium , Happy Pets , Happy Island , Hotel City , Social City , Treasure Isle ,...
FarmVille Farm Cash 20% off for a limited time
Filed under: Farmville For a limited time, FarmVille Farm Cash will be 20% off, so keep those credit cards at the ready.
FarmVille beehive glitch temporarily fixed, bees staying put for now
Filed under: Farmville A few farmers have noticed that if you don't tend to your beehives, you'll lose bees. Then, others noticed that even if they had tended to their hives on a...
Why 400,000 players weren’t enough to save Street Racing
Filed under: Farmville With social game mega-publisher Zynga recently deciding that hundreds of thousands of players apparently aren't enough to sustain games like Roller Coaster Kingdom, Ponzi Inc. and Street Racing , we've...
Marc Jacobs wants to Bang you in new Facebook adver-game
Remember those heady days before Farmville when Facebook users seems content to interact with each other via random verbs?
FarmVille: Honeybees of lazy farmers are flying away
Filed under: Farmville In recent days, many FarmVille Freaks have been reporting missing HoneyBees. Please see the FarmVille notice above, and take note that if you do not tend to your Beehive each...
FarmVille’s Lost Turtle Returns
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille's adoptable lost Turtle made its return over the weekend! Note to newbie farmers, the Lost Turtle is not a new adoptable. FarmVille rotates the lost adoptable animals and the...
FarmVille Crafting Buildings Video Guide: Channel Management
Filed under: Farmville With the introduction of Crafting Buildings, some FarmVille Freaks are becoming quite the crafting entrepreneurs.
Nielsen: Online games now more popular than e-mail
Look out e-mail...
Top 10 fastest growing Facebook games this week
Need to take a break from tending those virtual crops or slaving over at hot stove at your virtual cafe? Look no further than this week's list of the top 10 fastest growing...
Debate! Gamezebo responds our Disney-Playdom Merger op-ed
Filed under: Sorority Life , Tiki Farm , Wild Ones , Tiki Resort Games.com friend and Gamezebo.com Founder Joel Brodie responded to my Disney-Playdom merger op-ed , and he did not take kindly...
FarmVille players report randomly scoring free Farm Cash
Filed under: Farmville Several FarmVille Freaks are reporting that they have received unexplained free farm cash. They are receiving the free cash and do not know what has triggered the extra FarmVille dollars
FarmVille rolls out new mystery grab bag, more suggestive pop-ups
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille added a few tweaks to the game today, including more suggestion pop-ups. Lately, you may have noticed pop-ups reminding you to add a Facebook friend as a neighbor. Now...
FarmVille New England Decorations: Coastal Beach, Nelly Moser & Trawler Gnome
Filed under: Farmville Continuing with the limited edition New England theme, FarmVille released three new decorations including a Coastal Beach, Nelly Moser tree, and a Trawler Gnome.
FarmVille New England Animal: Puffin
Filed under: Farmville A new limited edition New England themed Puffin is now available in the FarmVille Market. The Puffin can be purchased with farm cash in the FarmVille Market during the next...
FarmVille Limited Edition Hollyhocks Crop
Filed under: Farmville There is a new FarmVille limited edition New England themed Hollyhock crop for you to plant on your farm! Hollyhocks will be available to level 39 farmers and above, the...
FarmVille crafting building gone missing? Try this
Filed under: Farmville Can't locate your FarmVille crafting building? The many people who seem to be having that problem are now getting a helping hand. After last night's update, when you buy a...
FarmVille goes New England coastal with Crab Shack, Antique Store
Filed under: Farmville Want to escape to the New England coast? FarmVille's making it happen with a series of new limited edition items which includes a Crab Shack (350,000 coins) and Antique Shop...
FarmVille: New HUD makes it easier to gift active farmers
Filed under: Farmville In tonight's release, FarmVille has rolled out a new HUD (heads up display) icon on the left-hand side of the screen that helps you keep track of which friends have...
FarmVille Adoptable Lonely Animal – White Tailed Buck
Filed under: Farmville The latest FarmVille lost, lonely and adoptable animal is the White Tailed Buck ! You can adopt your very own White Tailed Buck for free from one of your FarmVille...