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(Reuters) Followup Zynga CEO says they didn't copy another company's game, they just evolved it "in revolutionary ways", like changing the color scheme   (blogs.reuters.com) divider line 24
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Pochas
2012-02-02 01:30:32 PM
Ric Romero: Some games are similar to each other, but not the same. These are called "genres".
 
tlchwi02
2012-02-02 01:32:12 PM
Zynga will do anything to make money, no matter how morally or ethically (or legally) questionable.

is this news?
 
swankywanky
2012-02-02 01:33:29 PM
see their song went "da da da dum da da da" and my song goes "da da da dum da da da tsh" , so it's totally different
 
HotWingConspiracy
2012-02-02 01:35:13 PM
Pincus also shows reverence to video game history involving games where players build towers-"it's important to note that this category has existed since 1994 with games like Sim Tower."

The only similarity between Tiny Tower and Sim Tower is that a building is involved.

The game Zynga released is a direct rip off of Tiny Tower. Even the damn color schemes for the floor categories are the same. They tried to acquire the creators, were told no, so just duped their game.
 
Carston
2012-02-02 01:35:26 PM
swankywanky: see their song went "da da da dum da da da" and my song goes "da da da dum da da da tsh" , so it's totally different

Came here for Vanilla Ice.

/Satisfied
 
Free Radical
2012-02-02 01:39:11 PM
Copying games/IP has worked wonders for Blizzard so why not Zynga?
 
Splinshints
2012-02-02 01:40:04 PM
Pochas: Ric Romero: Some games are similar to each other, but not the same. These are called "genres".

Farmville, Mafia Wars, Bingo, Tiny Tower.... that argument tends to hold up better when it's applied to an individual instance rather than what has become a running theme....
 
IrateShadow
2012-02-02 01:45:20 PM
 
LoneWolf343
2012-02-02 01:46:10 PM
Zynga games suck.
 
Mhal9000
2012-02-02 01:50:56 PM
art.penny-arcade.com(new window)
 
BumpInTheNight
2012-02-02 01:55:30 PM
I'm kind of proud I've never played one of their games, when even EA is jealous of their portfolio and methods you know its just baaaaad ju ju and to stay away.
 
evilsearat
2012-02-02 01:58:22 PM
blogs.reuters.com
www-deadline-com.vimg.net

???
 
mccallcl
2012-02-02 02:13:28 PM
Zynga is completely immune to bad press, they service casual gamers. They are to games what Facebook is to the web. Their customers absorb abuse and shiat money.

The tiny towers people should have taken their big payday and sold out. Too big for their britches, and now they get nothing.
 
rjakobi
2012-02-02 02:17:21 PM
Angry Birds is just Crash the Castle with a slingshot.

There. I said it.
 
Juc
2012-02-02 02:29:20 PM
The only thing I'd be shocked at this point, is an article saying the Zynga CEO isn't a tool in every way imaginable, or their business practices aren't highly predatory and bordering the edge of legality.
 
Mikey1969 [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 02:29:43 PM
Yeah, not really a fan of Zynga. I play Words With Friends, it's fun and all, but the absolutely ridiculous amount of ads not only ensures that I don't play any of their games, or buy anything in the ads, but I would rather sit through these ridiculous ads than pay for an ad-free version of the game.
 
mavexe
2012-02-02 02:30:21 PM
rjakobi: Angry Birds is just Crash the Castle with a slingshot.

There. I said it.

For anything related to flash or mobile OS's, the phrase "XXXX" is just "YYYY" with "ZZZZ" is applicable to everything at this point.
 
MrEricSir
2012-02-02 02:40:42 PM
Pincus needs to learn when to shut up. First he told he wanted his employees to turn in their stock options "because I'm smarter than you," now this.

WTF is wrong with this guy, and why would anyone work for him?
 
blackminded
2012-02-02 02:48:57 PM
MrEricSir: Pincus needs to learn when to shut up. First he told he wanted his employees to turn in their stock options "because I'm smarter than you," now this.

WTF is wrong with this guy, and why would anyone work for him?

gothamist.com

/proud
 
JPINFV
2012-02-02 07:33:47 PM
So Zynga is copying eBaum's World's business plan?
 
AcneVulgaris
2012-02-02 10:35:01 PM
rjakobi: Angry Birds is just Crash the Castle with a slingshot.

There. I said it.

Again.
 
Konowalchuk22
2012-02-03 01:39:11 AM
To the same.....Word with Friends is a Scrabble knockoff....and Scrabble is available for the same price ($0.00) but without ads...well...at least the kind you can't close that get in your farking way.

Having said that, I really don't understand why more people seem to be playing Words with Friends.
 
rosebud_the_sled
2012-02-03 02:39:30 AM
Oh, come on now, HP has been trying for years to destroy themselves. It's like watching a crack whore hooked on stupid. Now, they are giving HIV infected hummers at orphanages - or something roughly similar.
 
Dr J Zoidberg [TotalFark]
2012-02-03 08:15:52 AM
Konowalchuk22: To the same.....Word with Friends is a Scrabble knockoff....and Scrabble is available for the same price ($0.00) but without ads...well...at least the kind you can't close that get in your farking way.

Having said that, I really don't understand why more people seem to be playing Words with Friends.

I have a scrabble app on my android phone and they have ads after EVERY FARKING MOVE
 
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