“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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