CivWorld is a game-changer for Facebook because it's truly social.
via pc.ign.com
That sentence from the IGN writeup feels almost a parody of my earlier posts about the 'social' in social games, and the widely spread presumption that more 'games as we know them' social is better regardless of the platform and its context. Somebody should start tracking the list of social game failures based on this 'social envy' of game developers and gamers towards social games' (=Facebook games) superficial sociality. Nevertheless, hail the truism of truly social!
Another guy without a clue of the free to play model and social games business in general: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-05-11-social-gaming-will-crash-ver...