FrontierVille!

My latest addiction is a Facebook Game called Frontierville. It's like Farmville only cuter, faster, more pavlovian. The rewards for my patient clicking come more quickly and do-able tasks pop up one after another, letting me know once again I have done a good job providing for my family on the Frontier. I beleive it was a psychologyofgames.com article that discussed how if we got that kind of guaranteed gratification in life, we wouldn't be playing Farmville so much. I can't wait for the day that shiny .gifs saying "Well Done! Ten Points and a Pig!" come exploding out of my screen when I finish a big spreadsheet.