“I justify this as being my only source of entertainment, and I’m forgoing movies and dinners out, so it’s OK,” one Farmville addict told Cnet. Frugality, or self-deluded rationalization?
The same person said they were a hardcore Mafia Wars player before “I realized I hated it,” she said. “It wasn’t cute. It wasn’t even fun–just addicted clicking.” But when it’s a cartoon farm, mixing cute pixels with notions of worthy toil, then it’s all good.
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Virtual farm games absorb real money, real lives [Cnet]
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I’m seriously considering divorce if my husband does not stop running to the computer/family room and hopping on the computer to play this game as soon as he comes home from work, then not leaving the room until he goes to bed four or five hours later! Can I sue facebook/farmville creators for alienation of affection?