http://www.deadpris.com/2008/02/12/first-day-of-work-life-is-like-a-mmorpg-game/ We'll all die someday. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.deadpris.com/2008/02/12/first-day-of-work-life-is-like-a-mmorpg-game/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 The addictiveness of Facebook games | deadpris Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:25:02 +0000 http://www.deadpris.com/2008/02/12/first-day-of-work-life-is-like-a-mmorpg-game/#comment-2172 [...] The simplicity of Facebook games, them being casual games, allow for students and working adults to mindlessly click on their little sanctuary and to grow them. Like traditional MMORPGs, these games are basically farming games. By farming, we mean clicking and clicking, doing repeated actions in the game, to level up and achieve certain items or game money. I’ve always wondered why farming in MMORPGs are so addictive even though it can be so tedious, and I even wrote a blog post on how MMORPGs is a reflection of life. [...] [...] The simplicity of Facebook games, them being casual games, allow for students and working adults to mindlessly click on their little sanctuary and to grow them. Like traditional MMORPGs, these games are basically farming games. By farming, we mean clicking and clicking, doing repeated actions in the game, to level up and achieve certain items or game money. I’ve always wondered why farming in MMORPGs are so addictive even though it can be so tedious, and I even wrote a blog post on how MMORPGs is a reflection of life. [...]

]]> http://www.deadpris.com/2008/02/12/first-day-of-work-life-is-like-a-mmorpg-game/comment-page-1/#comment-7 kriscell Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:25:57 +0000 http://www.deadpris.com/2008/02/12/first-day-of-work-life-is-like-a-mmorpg-game/#comment-7 Nice way to relate life to game. :) Nice way to relate life to game.

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