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    EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish

    The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow

    Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session

    Ubisoft Opens Facebook Gaming Portal

    EA Opens 'Micro-Studio,' Teases First Offering

    Tetris Creator Wants to Turn Puzzler Into Sport

    And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players

    Square Enix Dives Into MySpace Gaming

    Majesco Urges Families To Go Play Lumberjax

    Casual, Online PC Games On The Up & Up

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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    11/09/09

    In reply to EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish
    Actually, I don't see Zynga being bought at this point. They are overvalued right now due to some shady advertising practices that are very close to going away.

    With the new advertising restrictions that the founder just announced (in regards to their new game Fishville but applying to all of their other games as well), they stand to lose over a third of their $250 million revenue per year.

    Plus, they haven't been working towards acquisition, the company is clearly positioning itself for an IPO. Playfish, Playdom, and others were great targets for acquisition.

    Mark Pincus has a right to be nervous about this. Playfish was Zynga's primary competitor, and by using some of the resources that EA has at its disposal, they can very quickly overtake a lot of the momentum that Zynga has. Now if Zynga suffers due to this deal, THEN they may well find themselves on the buyer's block and not going the IPO route. #playfish
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    Image of penguin_of_death penguin_of_death
    11/12/09

    @Spoony Bard: But they can't go away. What would happen to my Cafe, and Fish and...oh hell, I'd finally be able to stop playing those stupid things that take forever to load! #playfish
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    Image of Chesu Chesu
    11/09/09

    In reply to EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish
    Freaking Pet Society fishing hole... I've wasted a few thousand coins worth of Rare Steak there, and still no piranha! #playfish
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/09/09

    In reply to EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish

    Whatever EA. I'm not resting until you make a Sim City for the network. #playfish
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    11/09/09

    @(Starman) Cookie_Monster: I wholeheartedly agree! #playfish
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    11/09/09

    In reply to EA Acquires Pet Society Creator Playfish
    Having been on the "about to be acquired" side of things when it comes to EA and social networks, I can definitely vouch for the seriousness they attach to making these purchases.

    I'm not sure about the amount of money they seem to be spending, but what seems ridiculous at the time has a way of working out in the end. Getting access to these 150 million "installs" is a tad nebulous at the moment, but if they can turn that into 10 million people that form the equation EA = fun Facebook game makers in their minds, then they win. #playfish
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    Image of KingSnorky KingSnorky
    11/09/09

    @Yossarian: Sounds like you have some interesting stories. Do share!

    Seems like a smart purchase for EA. Sorta makes me wonder why Activision hasn't done anything in this area... #playfish
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    11/09/09

    @KingSnorky: Nothing too "insider-ish" unfortunately...

    Just 18 months of ridiculous work in the hopes that somebody like EA (who showed some mild interest but never followed through) would buy the smallish company I was working for.

    Working with them, and seeing/meeting their internal teams responsible for this type of entertainment really highlighted how many resources they were putting behind these efforts, though. They committed to this path a few years ago, and they've been plowing ahead since then trying to gobble up as much of the casual and community market as they can. #playfish
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    Image of Nahir Nahir
    11/09/09

    @Yossarian: I've been in the same boat but it was Yahoo that was interested in the company I was working for.

    Despite what typical gamers may think, casual is something a lot people are looking at now. If you thought the Wii was disruptive to the gaming world, you haven't seen anything yet. #playfish
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    10/06/09

    In reply to The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow
    As an addict to Mafia Wars, I must say:

    GODDAMN IT CUBA IS TOO HARD AND SLOW!
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    10/06/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: You think cuba is bad just wait till you get to Moscow
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    Image of Vrank92 Vrank92
    10/06/09

    @Witzbold: I'm going for mastery on underboss, and yeah, the 1% per turn on the "order a hit" mission is just stupid since it requires an untraceable cell
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    10/06/09

    In reply to The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow
    Dear lord I am tired of all these stupid MW invites in my facebook invite.
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    Image of Dayvan Cowboy Dayvan Cowboy
    10/06/09

    In reply to The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow
    Mafia Wars = Progress Quest with guns
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    Image of Pezdispenser Pezdispenser
    10/06/09

    In reply to The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow
    I have to say this right now, for all that is good and holy, don't play this game. It's not very fun, and the constant stream of jerks attacking over and over again for no reason brings nothing but frustration. It's too late for me, save yourselves!
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    10/06/09

    @Pezdispenser: Attacking is part of the game mechanic. Complaining about it is like complaining about those damn people who keep shooting you in Halo multiplayer. Deposit all your unused money, and attacking won't have much impact on you other than the occasional 6 xp loss.
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    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    Can't wait for the president to be giving an address to the nation and he stops to see Biden texting during it, and reach out to him saying "Would you care to read the message out loud?"
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    Image of Karl1982 Karl1982
    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    Hmm. I wonder why our economy has been in trouble for some time, and China basically owns us at this point? Maybe it's because our elected officials are goofing off during budget hearings when they should be working for us? We certainly pay them enough. Even if he's not capable of bringing any ideas to the table, he should at least pay attention and let his wheels spin.

    This is why we have so many problems in our country. The representatives the people elect to office are not fit for duty. And it happens at all levels of government.
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    Image of Xcite79 Xcite79
    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    This is old news but I will say its an example how how terrible things are. None of them care, democrats or republicans. They guy should have been punished but of course the Speaker of the House is all about letting people slide, even if they are caught with tax evasion. Are Congress so corrupt...
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    09/12/09

    @Xcite79: Why don't you care enough to go change it?
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    Image of Kris Kris
    09/12/09

    @Xcite79:
    Have you watched some of the speeches people give at these kinds of things? They're lucky the entire room wasn't fast asleep.
    Even if someone is talking about "important things," they could be spouting total nonsense, or repeating everything the person before them just said, etc.
    And there are WAY more distracting things than playing a little solitaire, which doesn't require much thought or concentration.
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    I fucking hate politicians. Left or Right doesn't matter, they're all (or 99% of them) lying sacks of shit. Responsibility this, moral imperative that, American worker this, blah blah blah. Shut the fuck up, stop wasting my money, and be a public servant, not a recipient of public service. Ugh.

    /rant

    Sorry, these things really get me going.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    09/12/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: Be glad that you Americans don't have to deal with any left-wing politicians then.
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    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    He should have said "Too Long, Didn't Listen."

    At least it beats getting caught with porn while a session is going on.
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    Image of ( shake cows, win a )  Milkshake! ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    Guess we know who's next on Glenn Beck's hit list.
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    09/12/09

    @( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!: Well, you can't say he doesn't have it coming...
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    ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake! promoted this comment Hey_Blinkon was starred Hey_Blinkon was unstarred
    Image of zhixson zhixson
    09/12/09

    @( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!: John Holdren?
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    09/12/09

    @( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!: Any person with a sane opinion?
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    Image of ( shake cows, win a )  Milkshake! ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
    09/12/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: He doesn't have it coming.
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    09/12/09

    @zhixson: Good guess.
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    Image of ( shake cows, win a )  Milkshake! ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
    09/12/09

    @ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness: Any person wuth a sane opinon who isn't a Republican you mea - oh right, yeh.

    Any person with a sane opinion.
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    Image of GorbyGipper GorbyGipper
    09/12/09

    @( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!:

    Curse that man for playing the speaches of nuts who are allowed to work in the white house with zero oversight!

    Curse him for running stories about Acorn employees agreeing to set up child sex-slave shops using tax dollars (multiple times)!

    I supposed he should have looked the other way? The fact that he's associated with that story is a damned shame. The only reason he's linked to it is because most of the rest of the world didn't bother to cover it, for some insane reason.

    Say what you will, a cancer of an organization will NOT be comprimsing the census. Those kids did the leg work, Beck screamed it from the rooftops. Another oppertunity for MAJOR corruption to take place in the federal government was stopped. Hopefully, Acorn won't get $8.5B of taxpayer money anymore either.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    09/12/09

    @GorbyGipper: OH PLEASE
    Glenn Beck is not a good man. The only reason he looked into Acorn was because it was connected with Obama and they wanted dirt. He never would've looked even close had Acorn been associated with John McCain.

    How about him going from saying that america had terrible healthcare while having to go through it while working at another network, but as soon as he started at Fox, in just mere month, he started spouting that america has the best healthcare in the world?

    Or calling Obama a racist?

    The man has no journalistic integrity, how on earth can you take him seriously?
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    Image of ( shake cows, win a )  Milkshake! ( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
    09/13/09

    @GorbyGipper: I simply can't believe how anybody could think well of that man.
    He is a disgrace to journalism and the American people.
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    09/12/09

    In reply to Conn. Pol Caught Playing Video Game in Session
    At least it wasn't a more ... active... game.

    "You see, the budget constitutes yaddayaddayadda..."

    "THE SNIPER IS A SPY! STOP HEALING THE FUCKING SPY!"

    *two weeks later*

    "It was certainly bad judgement for me to not spycheck, even for just a few minutes, during the final round of Capture/Defend. I am embarrassed, and I apologize to each and every Heavy who got backstabbed across the map."
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    Image of John_Norad John_Norad
    09/12/09

    @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: That's a win.
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