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David Fox is a San Francisco, California based writer and game designer/developer, best known for multiplayer games and books about online technology. He was one of the founders of iWin.com. http://davidfox.googlepages.com/

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Comment In: Opinion/Round-Up: Social Gaming - Where's The (Creator) Fun? [News - 06/25/2009 - 05:59]

Great column, Christian. I share ...

Great column, Christian. I share a similar inherent repulsion to the whip-smart but cynical techniques that many social game companies use to turn players to engines for more-monthlies and those more-monthlies into money. I've talked to friend who have succumbed to buying points in Mafia Wars and they ultimately feel ...