Zynga: the whole "they treat their employees badly" thing is a lie

Re:Zynga: the whole "they treat their employees badly" thing... by ccyeh on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:22AM (#4421039)

I'm guessing you don't believe in games at all...? I think this would be more of a discussion about whether games are a good thing at all, but that would probably be mostly opinions.

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Re:Zynga: the whole "they treat their employees badly" thing... by famousactress on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:47AM (#4421098)

FUCK NO! Games are amazing. I think play is one of the most fundamentally beautiful ideas in human society, and an art form really ripe and ready for disruption, innovation, and well... play.

I think games have incredible (and untapped!) value, but I don't think Zynga makes games. I think Zynga exploits game mechanics to make products out of people.

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Re:Zynga: the whole "they treat their employees badly" thing... by tmurray on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:28AM (#4421055)

I don't think most people would dispute that games in general are worthwhile, but I think there are also arguments to be made about the quality of what Zynga does.

Obvious example: http://www.bogost.com/blog/cow_clicker_1.shtml

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