I know this is way late but due to other REAL LIFE things I barely touched Mafia Wars today. I got today’s first ice at 11:30 PM EST.
Before you ask, yes I did catch 17 fish today and my wife caught 6. They were mostly Blue Gills and Sun Fish. One Largemouth Bass and one Smallmouth Bass were nice catches although neither were record size. The fish story would be my wife falling into the lake. That was funny as hell.
Now back to Mafia Wars where we spend most of our time because it IS our job. Or Zynga, at least, makes it feel that way.
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| Zynga's key strategy is to create games that involve interaction with friends and family members from anywhere in the World. The company aims to create games that people will play every day and will consider "the best 50 minutes of the day".
Zynga's huge infrastructure and network puts it ahead of other gaming companies. The company can release updates to any of its games quicker than any other gaming company in the world. In fact, Zynga updates its games 100 times a day and releases 1000 features per week. |
The key points to note from what Chris Katje wrote are
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The company (meaning Zynga) aims to create games that people will play every day and will consider "the best 50 minutes of the day".
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Zynga updates its games 100 times a day and releases 1000 features per week.
We most certainly see our share of updates and features being released in Mafia Wars. Just today Zynga gave a free Knuckle-Chuckle to all players who played Mafia Wars today. 
That’s in addition to the 43 other loots that were added to the inventory today that are for upcoming events/features and sales. The complete list can be found on our post titled Lucky Stash And Inventory Loot Updated.
We already are trying to deal with completing this list of features; Derby Crates (Now Available), New Fight Loot, Midsummer Manic 7 Day Sale, Hellish Hydraulics - Crafters Choice Event, The Few And Proud Sales Event, Lighthouse Lobbying Secret District, Mafia Poker, The DIY Weapons Lab, Family Progression, Family Properties, Extreme Missions, London Mission, And Collectible Stat Cards. And, Zynga, I ask how we’re ‘SUPPOSED’ to get ALL these tasks completed within how much time a day?
I think I have just enough time in a 24 hour day to go do a number 1 (10-100) and a number 2 (10-200) once each so there is a little time left for Zynga to throw in about 10 more features.
Oh, I get it now. When Zynga says that they want people to play every day and consider it "the best 50 minutes of their day" they ARE saying that the other 23 hours and 10 minutes of playing Mafia Wars are the worst hours of the players day. It makes sense now.
This IS all why I am beginning to walk away from this (And ALL) Zynga’s games! IT SIMPLY IS TOO MUCH!!
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