Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession 185
Bulgarian Dimitar Kerin won't have to decide if he should tend his crops or pay attention to Plovdiv City Council business anymore. The committee voted him off 20-19, saying that he obviously "needs more time for his virtual farm." From the article: "Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev had previously warned several of them that the new wireless network and laptops provided to all 51 council members were not to be used for playing games on social media sites during budget meetings. Kerin was singled out for continuing to manage his farm and milk his cows despite Iliev's warnings. "
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:1, Interesting)
That's the difference between normal people and nerds. Normal people get obsessed over things too. But it's banal, uninteresting shit they get obsessed over. Sports, soap operas, miniature figurines, gun collections, etc. Nerds get obsessed over things that are actually interesting because they requires some thought. Normal people can't relate to it, so they label it and shun it as weird, geeky, nerdy, etc.
two news in one. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:two news in one. (Score:3, Interesting)
I Want Him For My Councilman (Score:4, Interesting)
I want them to do at least 80% less than they do, so if they waste a bunch of time on online games, that's okay with me.
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:3, Interesting)
I believe it is the time limited nature of game play. Once you have tended to your farm, there is nothing left for you to do. This builds up excitement that you will get to play again soon. That excitement keeps people coming back. If you could play FarmVille for hours on end without stopping, the novelty would quickly wear off.
Wait. What?? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:4, Interesting)
I found this piece rather informative:
5 creepy ways video games are trying to get you addicted [cracked.com]