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How CityVille Sucked In a Hardcore Gamer

Online game's accessibility and simplicity turns busy man into addict

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 19, 2011 2:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – The online city-planning game CityVille is meant for “casual gamers,” and there are plenty of them: 92 million active monthly users, to be exact. But such simple gameplay and basic graphics would turn off any sophisticated player, right? Wrong—as JP Mangalindan, writing...   Read full story »

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