Remember how, earlier in the week, I mentioned how big the combination of social networking and online gaming was getting, and how some people are finding jobs because of their mad MMORPG skills?  Well, those Facebook games are getting to be serious business, with companies like PopCap and Zynga racking up user numbers in the tens of millions.  In fact, most of the people I know that use Facebook religiously say they’re only there because of the games.  Odds are they’re playing one of these games, the 10 most popular games on Facebook.

People are crazy about these things.  Before I basically turned them all on ignore, I was getting dozens of these game requests per day, usually from the same three or four people.  It was INCREDIBLY annoying.  Sorry guys, I have my games of choice; I have absolutely no desire to play Farmville or join your Mafia or anything like that.  The only reason I haven’t deleted my Facebook account is because of peer pressure.

This is one of the many reasons I wish I had a Nintendo DS.  Not only are they releasing all the classic SNES RPGs on the system, they're also doing things like publishing a portable collection of 100 classics of English and American literature in handy-dandy cartridge form, plus 10 free downloads.  It's an import game, which means it's going to cost differently, but given that the pound is weak now against the dollar, it's a steal at only about $22 American for what amounts to 110 classic novels!

Here's a link to the Amazon.UK page where you can find the collection. 

This is an amazing collection.  All three Bronte sisters, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson… it's a great list of novels that I think everyone should read at least once.  Even the Thomas Hardy books (and I'm not a Thomas Hardy fan in the least).  If you have any kind of commute to deal with, this is a great idea for you to get in a little reading without having to buy an e-book reader.