• DocumentCode
    1532866
  • Title

    Betting the farm on games

  • Author

    Kushner, David

  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    88
  • Abstract
    This article discusses about FarmVille, the Facebook game which has led a social-game ascendance that will sway the Facebook-Google struggle and threaten the digital gaming industry. Such are the bucolic pleasures of FarmVille, that led the way in a games revolution that transformed how hundreds of millions of people are entertained online.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer games; social networking (online); Facebook game; FarmVille; digital gaming industry; social game; Games; Internet; Social network services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5783711
  • Filename
    5783711
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1532866