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FarmVillains (sfweekly.com)
30 points by teej on Sept 8, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


They have a distinct advantage in being able to test/modify/adapt their games faster than everyone else, because they have 700 employees & a huge warchest of cash.

It is unfortunate that copyright protection doesn't kick in till much later (according to the article) in a game's play. Can't say the world is much better off with a bunch of farming simulating games.


Can't say the world is much better off with a bunch of farming simulating games.

I like to think that it's either preparing people for a coming apocalypse where we'll all have to do our own agriculture or someone is searching for the ultimate farmer that will save humanity (a la The Last Starfighter), so maybe we're getting some use out of it.


unfortunately people won't actually know how to plant stuff, and will expect their watermelons to grow in 36 hours.


The time mechanic mentioned has been in plenty of other games for years now.




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