Welcome to the articifial world: FARMVILLE files for IPO!
Zynga aims high..
Months ago, a story was relayed to me about Farmville. My sister was in a sandwich shop waiting for food when a woman in front of her, obviously rushing, told the person at the register that she needed to get home quickly to tend to her coconuts. When the cashier, a little stunned, wondered aloud how this woman was growing coconuts in the middle of winter, the woman responded that they are growing at home, on her computer, in the land called Farmville. Welcome to the new land of make believe–escaping from the reality of food shortages and crop failures, GMO foods and E Coli. Virutal food bourne illnesses don’t kill, and Zynga is aiming high..
