Developers Corner (Facebook Social games and fraud)

Facebook is facing up to the veiled and sometimes direct accusations of fraud and deception in some of their games.
Here is the response from the Facebook developer’s blog. The main notable quote for me is that “In addition to steps we’ve taken to build teams and technologies devoted to this issue and continual [...]

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Convergence of Gaming and Social Media; overhyped or underreported?

The latest headlines about games seem to emphasize the social aspects of games; quests in World of Warcraft, meeting people or colleagues in Second Life, or hanging out in There. On the other side, the non-gaming social media, the litigation between “Mob Wars” and “Mafia” for the hearts and minds of the Facebook crowd. [...]

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