Comments on: My Weeklong Journey into Farmville http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kate http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-96176 Kate Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:06:36 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-96176 Well, I’ll admit it, I like Farmville. Of course, I also have two degrees in agriculture (one in Animal Science and one in Agribusiness) and this is the only thing I’m using it for…

It’s kind of satisfying in an odd way though. Plant crops, harvest crops, make money, buy ridiculous and random stuff (seriously – mini Stonehenge?!). I like collecting all the different random items.

]]> By: Mare http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-95433 Mare Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:05:24 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-95433 Okay, yes, even my seven year old thinks it’s a stupid game.
But the odd combo of competing with and against my friends… getting pretty things…satisfaction of a job well done… is ADDICTIVE. I’m going to retire at Level 60 and start reading books again, but it was a fun six months of utter banality.

]]> By: M http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-94849 M Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:23:23 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-94849 Actually, one of the best things about this game is that it DOESN’T force you to come back every single day — you could plant a crop that takes 2, 3 or 4 days to grow and come back then, or you can just harvest your field, leave it fallow and go have a life for a while, no damage done.

]]> By: ChatBrize Gossip Forum http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92491 ChatBrize Gossip Forum Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:16:57 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92491 [...] A “boots on the ground” report from Farmville. Take your allergy meds before reading. Unreality Mag. [...]

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]]> By: brokenengine http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92399 brokenengine Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:18:31 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92399 Dude. “Zombie Farm”. It’s free in the iPhone app store, like Farmville, but with Zombies.

…sigh. Yeah, ok, thats not really better, is it?

]]> By: Hot Links 4/19 | EgoTV http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92360 Hot Links 4/19 | EgoTV Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:31:27 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-92360 [...] 1. A Weeklong Journey Into Farmville [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91891 Bryan Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:55:33 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91891 Yeah, this pretty much is the full explanation of facebook. I signed up just because I could get back in touch with some old high school and college friends. Now I get all kinds of farm and mafia request, request to support some charity or cause, getting gifts of grain and sacred oil (?), people sending me referals to people I’ve never even talked to to be-friend, join various groups I’ve never heard of, and all kinds of weird things.

And this is from people I know. The farm/mafia thing is an easy game for people to play since you don’t need super reflexes and such. Mostly it’s my female friends who ask me to join these games, though my guy friends also seem to play them.

The entire website isn’t even easy to use! Everything takes 30 clicks to get anywhere you want to go. My facebook ‘freinds’ have become my new spam mail. “Want to go on a virtual white rafting trip?” Er, how about a real one like we did 5 years ago? “Want some virtual tomatoes to plant?” No thanks, I’ll plant my real ones like usual.

Sorry for the rant. This silly s*** just bugs me. It’s like 2nd Life, but (maybe) even dumber. I played 2nd life for a whole 30 minutes, and saw avatars f’n and dancing. Are there not real life clubs to do that stuff? Right now I want to go for a bike ride, but the sun is not up yet. Damn insomnia.

]]> By: Meiner einwöchigen Reise in Farmville http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91591 Meiner einwöchigen Reise in Farmville Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:20:25 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91591 [...] Wenn ein Spiel Monaten hat neunzig Millionen Spieler in ein paar sogar ohne Wimper zu zucken, das ist etwas, was ich brauchen, um zu untersuchen, egal, wie albern das Konzept klingt. Virtual Landwirtschaft klingt ungefähr so aufregend wie gut, virtuelle Landwirtschaft, aber in dieser Woche nahm ich den Sprung und unterschrieben bis zum Farmville auf Facebook, ein Tagebuch [. . . ] URL des Original-Artikel http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/ [...]

]]> By: spikyface http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91426 spikyface Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:30:40 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/04/16/my-weeklong-journey-into-farmville/#comment-91426 Thank you for taking the time to find out why this game is so addictive

Though I’ve heard all about it and how successful it’s been, it seems so amazingly retarded that I never would have bothered trying it out myself

Way to take one for the team

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