As I impatiently wait for my FarmVille farm to load, I can't help but wonder what new features will greet me as I sail past the FarmVille loading screen. Even though I visit my farm (and sometimes ...

In honor of Facebook's IPO, I am reposting a column from Dec 12, 2011 about Zygna's Farmville, one of the largest revenue sources for Facebook: Because I've loved games all my life, I am very careful ...

I have a very clear memory of leaving my junior prom early to harvest strawberries that did not exist. It was for a game called Farmville, which everyone played until their mom figured out what it was ...

It started out as a simple concept. Let people virtually grow gardens, raise farm animals and become farmers. It soon became a social media and gaming phenomenon. “FarmVille” celebrates its fifth ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I am a proud member of Facebook Nation. Me and 321.1 million people worldwide. And research shows we all spend way to much time "Facebooking". Here are the stats. There are the 321 million Facebook ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Because I've loved games all my life, I am very careful about which games I choose to spend time on. To interest me, a game must have a simple but thought-provoking premise that allows for deep ...

I garner no favor in the world of videogame blogging when I say that I like Farmville. I do. I don’t mind clicking on crops. I want more coins. I want to build my small plot of land into a contained ...