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May 16, 2012, 11:39 AM
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Shadow Angel
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Soren Johnson joins Zynga
Someone just sent me a link to an article which just revealed the news. Looks like he's going to be making Facebook games from now on...
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May 16, 2012, 12:44 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Would that the news were as surprising as it were depressing.
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May 16, 2012, 06:21 PM
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King of myself
  
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
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They are all falling to the dark side of the force
 First Brian Reynolds, then Sid , now Soren ... 
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" I'm the Lord of the lords, not the servant of the serfs" - D. João II of Portugal  My Civ lema: Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur Lonely Hearts Club Bullpen / You , Yourself and your shadow : Some lessons on isolated starts |
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May 16, 2012, 06:22 PM
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AI programmer
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,456
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Facebook games.... yuk.
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May 16, 2012, 06:33 PM
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Say No 2 Net Validations
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 (hopefully).--------------- Well...let's see how this turns out before judging about it. |
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May 16, 2012, 07:45 PM
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Magyar Madness
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California
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This happens to every major game franchise.Look at Simcity.They made that FARM facebook game or whatever and the next you know everyone thinks they are a gardener...
Its sad,but the future of gaming is rips off for the web/facebook/myspace. Release half built games and make the other half DLC... and then of course the dreaded dumbing down so we can get all the tweens in on the game and make twice the money,,, ehh its the future the maya promised...a new ear in crappy gaming...lol
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May 16, 2012, 07:52 PM
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AI programmer
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Australia
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May 16, 2012, 08:05 PM
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Magyar Madness
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California
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I applaud how fast your were able to do that...
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May 16, 2012, 09:01 PM
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the green Napoleon
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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That ear has more thought and intelligence put into its design than every 'game' Zynga has ever "made".
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May 17, 2012, 05:34 AM
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Heart & Mind
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: The Netherlands
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I admit that I have played my share of facebookgames in the Farmville period, however since then I found the games became repetitive and shallow. At this moment I instantly block messages that are about facebook games. At this point, if I ever were to start up a facebook game again, I would do it in secret and doing my best to hide it.
Soren Johnson's past in games makes a good case to try this but they still have to come with one hell of a pitch in order for me to try this new game of him.
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May 17, 2012, 06:19 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
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May 17, 2012, 09:06 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: May 2012
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While it is depressing, I can't blame people for jumping on the FB bandwagon. I know some people who have made some insane amounts of money with FB games. I can't fathom how people spend money on those games, but I had a roommate who spent hundreds of dollars on FB games. It's incredible.
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May 17, 2012, 09:11 AM
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Heart & Mind
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May 18, 2012, 06:54 AM
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Chieftain
Join Date: May 2012
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Its a... flash game (or damn close to it), how could there possibly content to pay for...
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May 18, 2012, 10:05 AM
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Prince
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May 19, 2012, 11:54 AM
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Shepherd
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: On a hill
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Facebook? Pass. And people wonder why their IPO was a flop.
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