Farmville for real
20 May 2010

I was just reading a Fast Company article about Facebook and the creator of one of it’s most popular apps – Farmville. And I started to wonder… actually, before I start to explain my wondering, I must admit that I’ve never used Farmville and I’ve stopped it from appearing in my News Feed because it annoys me. Anyway, I started to wonder, what if this became a little more real life based? What if Farmville actually charged your credit card to buy crops, food, animals, water, etc. – keep it cheap – and this money was then given to people of third world countries who can’t afford it, so that they can build their own farms? Isn’t this a step technology and games should be taking? To live in the real world with the digital world acting as a facilitator?


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