24.4.12 - Assignments

1. Social Network Games


Hmm write about a social network game you have already played... well here we go.
The very first social network game I played was FarmVille by Zynga on Facebook.
I was pretty new on Facebook, it was summer holidays, everyone was on vacation except me and I was bored to death :D
So I started playing FarmVille which also was pretty new as it hat started only a few months ago.
For those who don't know what it's all about:
You as the player are a farmer with a very small farm at the beginning. You have to plant and harvest crops to earn money, buy farm animals to also earn money after a period of time after collecting from them, expand your farm and become a super farmer ;-)
After playing for a few weeks it was really fun because you had enough many and you could design your farm as you like. The first few months I really enjoyed playing FarmVille on a daily basis for about an hour split over the whole day or so.
I stayed on the game for about a year but I have to say the last half of that time was more a habit that really playing.

All in all I think these sort of games can be really fun and are great to spend some time if you have nothing else to do. But it shouldn't become an obsession or something ;-)


2. What makes Games successful


http://www.ted.com/talks/jesse_schell_when_games_invade_real_life.html

In 2010 Game designer Jesse Schell talked about Games.
I don't really know what to write about it, watch it for yourself it is really worth it because Jesse Schell has really a great way of presenting stuff...

"Moooooom can I have 6 bucks so I can be a payed member?" :D


3. MMORPG


I have no experience with MMORPG, I never played any game that can be called that.