On: Google+ Wastes No Time: Angry Birds, Bejeweled, Zynga On Board

[americandesi333]

Google says "we want to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to the web"

I don't quite understand the richness in playing Angry Birds or Farmville. Real life is not like these games and therefore, people are momentarily attracted by this alternate world. I wonder if real farmers would play farmville?

[cellis → americandesi333]

Would real soldiers play Call of Duty?

[cal5k → cellis]

Yes, they do. My brother served in Afghanistan (Canadian infantry) and they most definitely played Call of Duty during the lengthy periods between missions.

[sliverstorm → cal5k]

Yea, I remember when there were sales restrictions on a certain FPS in some country, because it let you play as Terrorists and shoot at US Troops, it was the US soldiers there that were most annoyed because they wanted to play the game! I wish I remembered more about the story, to find a link.

[MiguelHudnandez → sliverstorm]

From September of 2010: Sales of new 'Medal of Honor' video game banned on military bases http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09...

If I recall, the biggest objection came because one could play as "The Taliban" instead of unnamed/ambiguous "terrorists."

[johnrob → cellis]

The point of these games is to have the farmers play Call of Duty and the soldiers play Farmville.

[Apocryphon → cellis]

At the very least, real people do play the Sims.