When Facebook Apps became popular, probably the most spam I received (whether it be in the news feed or in game requests) was for FarmVille. With its insane popularity, it's really no surprise that Zynga continued the franchise to create games like CityVille, YoVille, FrontierVille.. Any Ville you could think of, I'm pretty sure Zynga created it.
Now, I didn't give into that trend. As hilarious as it was to hear coworkers discussing how they needed more people to help them "raise a barn" or needed "3 more chickens", whatever, I wasn't going to be one of those people. Sure, I played my share of Facebook Apps, even had my profile full of wall posts about the games I played. But being the OCD one that I am, I eventually went through my profile, deleting all my old game posts.
Mafia Wars had been a hit for me. I was a huge fan, and it wasn't like FarmVille in regards to needing to collect things within a certain amount of time or else I would lose whatever crop couldn't last... And I'm a bit of a mafia-enthusiast, so I found it rather amusing.
Then, I was met with CityVille.
CityVille has been around for a while, and again, I originally treated it like I did FarmVille: not interested, never would be. But exam time came around in school, and I needed something to take my mind off the stress.
Enter CityVille.
Surprisingly, it's rather relaxing. I mean I didn't go obsessive and demanding that I be checking the game every 5 minutes, but something about growing a city from being a small town to a giant metropolis has its relaxing points.
Now that I think of it, every time I used to become stressed I'd start playing The Sims 2. Not just playing it for the crazy control over computer-people, but building houses. There's just... Something tranquil in building in a virtual reality.
So, I retract and apologize for my smart-comments towards FarmVille (...though, the people who obsess over it should be commented on).
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