Farmville and postmodernism
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By Charley Thomas and Georgina Fleming
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FarmvilleDeveloped by Zynga
82.4 million users (20% of Facebook users and 1% of population)
Clone of FarmTown
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FarmvilleCreate Avatar
Create Farm
And make money
Hyper reality and simulacra Baudrillard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpPEXNtz_TY
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FarmvilleThemes
Christmas – Christmas tree
Easter – Easter BasketHalloween –
DecorationsChinese New Year
and Earth Day(based on
Meta-narratives)Intertextuality
Mario Brothers...etc
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FarmvilleFriend and Neighbours
Unwilt plants Fertilise plants and
chickensFrames for building – need friends to
send materials to complete project
Requires friends to expand storage spaces
Gift cardsStill Meta-narrative – need friends to succeed and earn money therefore a hierarchy is created.
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FarmvilleInstantaneity
Book – How to
achieve best farm in shortest timeBuy cash
instead of earning it
Tractors-Plant 4 crops at one time
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FarmvilleNon-linear narrative
-Have the choice
-ultimate and preferred aim is to earn money and increase on levels
Style over substance Strinati
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9RsnuoxSZo&feature=related – best farmshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI - parody