New Facebook game taking off: Pot Farm

The Social Times site is running an interesting feature story and interview: �Interview: New �Pot Farm� Facebook Game Promotes Organic Growth.�

According to Neil Vidyarthi, the game has half million players on Facebook; six people have joined a Facebook group opposed to it.

The public relations contact (Uncle Floyd) for the group who created it described it: �In pot farm you can grow, like plants and things and make your own groovy homestead out in the woods, man. It�s really beautiful. Only thing is you have to look out for RANGER DICK. I don�t know what his problem is, but there�s some plants that totally freak him out. The dude is really uptight and needs to RELAX. Wow.�

�We also have this protection mechanic that�s different than the usual withering mechanic. In Pot Farm your crops never die, but if you grow certain plants without making sure they�re protected, you might get busted by Ranger Dick! This lets players choose how much risk they want to take on; if they buy enough protection, they never have to worry about that mean old Dick. Groovy, man.�

Funny how that �stoner� shtick that was developed to high art form by Richard Anthony �Cheech� Marin and Tommy Chong continues to live on.

There could be a privacy issue here. Players might consider what future employers will think about the game and make their Facebook privacy decisions accordingly, so, like, they don�t freak out. Ya know what I mean, man?

Tom Kelchner