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Nostalgia Alert: 'Carmen Sandiego' and 'Oregon Trail' Coming to Facebook

If your ox ever drowned while you were fording a river, or if you ever aspired to work for the ACME Detective Agency, we have good news for you. "The Oregon Trail" and "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" are both coming to Facebook in February. We haven't played either game since the floppy disk went the way of the...

FarmVille Gets 'Real' as Agriculture World Watches

(July 21) -- In many ways, the Facebook sensation FarmVille has only a passing resemblance to real farms: Here, the sun always shines and cows can produce chocolate milk. But as real farmers struggle across the country, some 20 million people are growing their own crops electronically -- leaving some in the agricultural...

Kid Spends Real Cash on FarmVille Crop

(April 8) -- Debt can be a real farmer's worst enemy, but virtual farmers aren't safe either. That's the lesson learned by an anonymous British 12-year-old. His mother said he was shocked to learn had wracked up £900 ($1,374) in debt buying accessories for his virtual farm in the popular Facebook game FarmVille. "When...

There's a New (Video) Game in Town

(March 16) -- Like Hollywood, the video game industry has been dominated by huge companies with large teams and endless budgets. Those big companies tend to stick with safe bets -- recognizable genres and endless sequels. But also like Hollywood, video games have begun to see the development of an army of young...