Farmville Hack

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If you're not familiarized with FarmVille, it's not because you've just fallen off the turnip truck. The most famous application on the social-networking site Facebook, its success has amazed even its developers at San Francisco's Zynga.

The game lets participants to develop an idyllic farm by growing fruits and vegetables, buying livestock and tools, and networking with some other farmers - all without ever having to pick up a hoe or muck out a pen.

When it released June 19, FarmVille picked up 25,000 users in its very first day, according to Mark Skaggs, head of the game's creation team. Its lovely, G-rated content now draws 21 million users daily and 60 million monthly worldwide.


Skaggs believes the attraction is universal: "It's a idea that everyone knows worldwide. And it's very simple to play," he says, citing the Zen-like experience of planting plots. Still, the demands of a virtual farm shouldn't be taken lightly. Harvest times are accelerated for cyberspace: Strawberries are all set to pick in four hours, a pumpkin in eight. Forget to harvest, the crop withers and you're out of ...
... luck. If all goes well, you can cash in your crops for FarmVille cash and buy supplies and other goodies.

Zynga plans to keep the game unique by adding "delights" (look for a spontaneous little black cloud that will shower farms with water, giving plants a boost).

As for his own farm, Skaggs just had a successful harvest of pumpkins and watermelons, but his strawberries withered. Perhaps it's time for another "delight" - crop subsidies.

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