No, not the games that people play with other people's lives on Facebook, but the actual Games on Facebook, you know, like Farmville, Treasure Isle, that Vampire thing, Such-A-Ho, those are the games I'd like to talk about. I never thought I'd devote an entire blog entry to this topic but since it's so hard to address this subject material via newsfeed post, I thought to myself, why not? After all, whether you play any of the aforementioned games or not, the regular posts we see on them in newsfeed really are a part of daily life on Facebook. Internet games are nothing new to any of us, most folks do them either for fun or to pass the time when one is bored. For myself, there are a couple that I will admit that I do enjoy playing but for the most part I am always so busy trying to keep up with my Notifications, the daily posts in Newsfeed, writing in my blog and most importantly, talking with people online. In fact, that's why I am always lagging so far behind on a lot of those games because I'm so busy trying to keep up with everything else. Oh I have no problem multi-tasking, I do that on my job on a daily basis as well as when I'm not working; but, there simply isnt enough time in a person's day to keep up with all those games and I think that is the bottom line for me.
I'd like to go through the entire list of games that I either play or have had one or two experiences with. I'm certain there has to be at least 75 or more listed on the Games section of our Facebook main pages but there are only several that I am familiar with.
Farmtown...I didnt care too much for working on the farms that I did when I was a young kid and teenager but doing internet farming is actually kind of fun because you can see all the fruits of your labor without having to deal with the actual backbreaking physical work one does on real-life farms, plus you don't get dirty or sweaty doing it the internet way. For myself, I like Farmtown better than Farmville; but, I don't play Farmtown anymore because you'd be surprised how hard it is to acquire neighbors with a name like mine! No shit, I guess the HivSpice name does have its downsides too. Oh well, it's just a game and real life experiences are far more important and meaningful than working on an imaginary farm.
Farmville...it's an okay substitute for Farmtown but it just doesnt have the variety of choices that Farmtown does when it comes to products, buildings, etc. It also happens to be the only game where I have a large amount of neighbors on it so that does make it easier to play in regards to land upgrades and what-not. Right now it is the only game I am totally caught up with but soon it will be lagging behind again because the expansion on it is extremely slow, unlike Farmtown.
Treasure Isle....this one can be a lot of fun, when you're bored to death, but otherwise it just plain sucks. All you do is spend your time digging in the sand for crap and that's about it. Oh sure, you can help your neighbors here-n-there but who the hell has time for that especially when you can barely keep up with all that digging to begin with, ya know what I mean? Might as well be sitting on a Delta jet circling DTW over and over again because you will get further ahead doing that than playing this game. P.U., whatta stinker!
School of Wizardry...now I'll be the first to admit that I can be sorta dense at first when it comes to some of these games and this one is a prime example of that. I get to the main screen and I'm all ready to go and then just when I think something is going to happen - zilch - nothing at all. I mean I will sit in front of this screen waiting for something to happen, and nothing friggin happens. Then a little pop-up comes up and says "You are done playing this game" to which I usually bellow back "No shit, ya think Sparky, ya think???" There, I admitted it - I don't know what the hell I am doing nor can I figure out how to play the game. Yet, I will get TONS of requests from my friends (they mean well, I love every one of them dearly, really) to play this game, and after I accept the "Gifts" and go to the game, guess what? Yep, nothing happens! So what do I do? I just keep accepting their requests and when I tell people "Look, I dont know what to do, will you help me with this?" they simply respond "Oh yes you do, stop being silly, you know exactly what you're doing." Damn, I wish I did folks I wish I did.
Vampire Wars and then some Dragon game - those two are identical in regards to my experiences with School of Wizardry, yet I continue to get requests for them and when I message people and tell them I'm having problems with the games, they write back and tell me "Oh you know what you're doing" and I just wanna scream as loudly as I possibly can "No, no, no!!!! I don't know what I am doing, that is why I am coming to you for assistance" but people just dont get it, their reaction is that I am being some silly idiot who is bullshitting them and I swear to each and every one of you that that is not what's happening - people simply don't believe me and that is so damn frustrating, ya know?
Cafe World...pardon my French, but there's a fucken humdinger of a game! Get this, no lie - I get all these requests, TONS of requests for this item and that item so I click on them so that my friends whom are playing the game receive the requested items; BUT, here's the real kicker - those other folks playing that game don't realize that if I cant level up I cannot send them the items they request! So what do I do? I messsage them, every single one of them, and I tell them "Sorry, I cant help you" and do you know what their response is? You guessed it - "Oh sure you can, you know what you're doing" to which I emphatically yell, with tears almost in my eyes (yes, that's how frustrating some of this petty-ass bullshit is to me) "No, I dont know what I am doing!!" But, to no avail, no one believes me. It's just so sad because something as mundane as this kinda stuff has no place in my life, sorry. If I don't understand something, I ask questions for there is no such thing as a dumb question; but, if people aren't going to bother to take the time to explain it to me then I usually will try it a couple more times on my own and if that doesn't work, I simply walk away from it.
Fishville....oh my God, Heaven help us. I love aquariums and had several of them growing up and enjoyed them immensely; but, to try to simulate that online, yes, I guess they did pull it off without all the physical labor and mess of cleaning an aquarium in real life so I will give Zynga Games credit in that sense; but, as for the rest of it? It's simply not for me. I'm not going on this computer screen every single day to find out whether or not those little bastards need to be fed or not, shit, I can barely afford groceries for myself as it is, so why would I put any energy into feeding imaginary fish, ya know? I'd rather have the real thing anyways - I loved all kinds of aquarium fish but loved the ones that would eat Tubifex worms right outta my hand the best - the various Gourami's, simple Guppies and my personal favorite Cherry Barbs, for they not only were very tame but the only egg-laying species I ever had luck with in raising. Anywho....
So, there's my take on all the games. Like with anything else in this great world, if you get enjoyment out of it and it's fun for you, hey, that's great, more power to you; but, for myself the less complicated the better for me. I like to have fun too and I do, but I get more fun from interacting with my friends and other people here online, my writing and stuff like that. I'm not angry towards the people who treat me with disbelief and do not offer to assist me in understanding the Games here on Facebook; but, I am a teeny tiny bit resentful towards them because we all are adults here and when I tell you something in a serious, calm, rational fashion I am telling the truth - what reason would I have to misrepresent myself, ya know? After all, we're talking about some silly internet games here, bottom line. In the future, I will still try the new games that are made available but if I run into problems with them from here on out, I will just stop playing them and block the application on my mainpage. And tonight before I go to bed, I will be blocking all games with the exceptions of Farmville and Farmtown, and I will be ignoring all requests for all games except those two. Thank you for reading my take on this subject and Happy Gaming everyone! :)
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