In Indonesia, a country just north of Australia, two siblings found each other through Facebook, after being separated for 35 years. Brother and sister, Anton and Nurlianti Dehi, got separated in 1974. Anton, then in his early twenties, left their home in Palu, the capital city of Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. He moved to Manado, North Sulawasi Province’s capital city, to find work. For...

Most people playing Facebook games just want to relax and unwind, nothing too fancy like hardcore online game fanatics, playing 24/7. Simple as it may seem though, these games can get you hooked! You will feel like what you have is not enough and you will want more and more of those chickens and cows and crops! You will want to upgrade your kitchen to stay on top of the game, so you would purchase...

A somewhat odd notification push has been circulating among Facebook players. During the second week of December, users playing ad-based social games in Facebook are being offered points and virtual cash in return for sending an email. The email is about losing employer-based health insurance if ever a government-based insurance option is passed as part of the health system reformation. This email...

With over 21 million monthly active users, PlayFish’s Pet Society is one of the most popular games in Facebook. With your pet, you can play games, decorate your house, visit and give gifts to your friends’ pets, compete against other pets, etc..There are many ways to get coins, experience, and paw points in the game. However, as the game’s name suggests, Pet Society is primarily a social game....

With tons of lawsuits being hurled at Facebook, a class-action lawsuit has yet again smacked Facebook, Zynga Inc., and others. This is due to the widening ad-based social game scams infesting Facebook. The so called “offers-marketing” have been popping up like mushrooms in Facebook. These ads would offer virtual money or goods in exchange of certain offers like subscribing to Netflix, a flat rate...

Addicted to a game but can only play it in front of the computer? Good news! California-based company, Sibblingz, is now developing a “universal social gaming” platform that let players play the same Flash-based game in iPhone, Facebook, and other websites. For players, other wonderful features of this platform are:It allows iPhone and Facebook users to play for free. Users can access the same...

As the reigning most popular social network, Facebook will yet have a new interesting game to be launched soon. As we all know, these applications are of great importance to increase Facebook’s users. Good Game Productions, a newly developed California-based company intends to bring free-to-play multiplayer online games to Facebook. It’s most recent launch, together with True Games Interactive,...

Fresh from the oven of Digital Chocolate, MMA Pro Fighter has been integrated on Facebook, one of the most popular social networks on the World Wide Web. The game is quite different from most of the online games we see on Facebook. First of all, it is more of a one-on-one interaction with another gamer’s avatar rather than interacting with multiple players. Secondly, the avatars were created in a...

For Facebook users who love to play strategic RPG games, this is good news for you: True Games Interactive will soon launch the Warrior Epic Sagas on Facebook! Warrior Epic Sagas is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). It can be played in different modes: Solo, PvP (player vs. player), and multiplayer campaigns. The goal of the game is to complete quests for lost ancient artifacts,...

Within several months of growth, some of Facebook’s social games are showing seasonal decline in terms of the Daily Active Users (DAU). From 97 million users in November, the number of users decreased to 85.5 million as of December 21. One possible reason for the decline may be the December 9th Facebook platform issue that affected all applications for 48 hours. Another probable cause is that, since...

MouseHunt is probably one of the most famous games in Facebook. In fact, it has approximately 450 thousand active users monthly! The game is set in the Town of Gnawnia. The role of players is to help the king get rid of these numerous mice. To do that, players use cheese and traps. Players receive gold from the king for catching mice and get their names in the hunter ranks. The gold may be used to...

Poker fanatics invade Facebook with its social-gaming app called the Texas Hold em’. As of December 1, 2009, the online Poker game ranks no. 7 with 19.7 million users, earning approximately $100 million. Before playing Texas Hold em’, a player-to-be must log into Facebook. Once logged in, the user can now try his luck in the game. Basically, Texas Hold em’ has the same principles as the usual...

Almost everybody knows that the British economy has been affected tremendously by the recession. They also continue to have a hard time getting back on their feet. Unexpectedly, one of the things that are helping this economy is the unprecedented growth of mobile phone and social networking apps. Facebook is one of those social networking sites that help the British economy. How? Facebook is open to...

Many people had been negatively affected by the recession. Because of this, people curbed their spending habits, and sales in malls and other stores had gone down. However, there is one place where sales have skyrocketed: the world of virtual reality. The popularity of social networking sites, like Facebook, is one factor in this boom. Facebook, alone, has about 70 million users worldwide. Because...

Have you ever tried playing Monopoly or Millionaires Game? Isn’t it fun when you get to own huge properties and earn lots of play money while laughing at your opponent’s loss? Well, Virtonomics has the same effect. However, the principles of the game are a little more complex than the board games mentioned. Virtonomics is a multi-player turn-based online business game integrated in Facebook. The...