To celebrate Mothers Day, Mafia Wars is looking for moms who love to play Mafia Wars. Submit your story to stories@zynga.com and you could win some swag or be featured in a "major local" newspaper. I'm sure moms around the world are at a disadvantage because there couldn't possibly be enough hours in the day to perform all the tasks required in Mafia Wars and take care of children. Hopefully Zynga will take this into consideration and give us all a break! All the moms out there need it the most
Sadly this year was not a good one for moms and social games. Shannon Johnsonn was charged with negligence because she chose to play Cafe World instead of tending to her 16 month year old son who was left alone and drowned in the bathtub. Alexandria Tobias was charged with second degree murder for shaking her 3 month son to death because he started crying while she was playing Farmville. Obviously the games can't be blamed for the behavior of these two moms. Zynga is probably trying to get some good publicity out there. (images from All Facebook)
Obviously the games can't be blamed for the behavior of these two moms. Zynga is probably trying to get some good publicity out there. This was attempted back in October when the CBS Early Show interviewed some Mafia Wars moms and the forgotten Evil Ed. Unfortunately the whole thing portrayed Mafia Wars moms as addicts and wasn't a favorable piece of news for Zynga.
@Anonymous #2, if you read the post you would know both those things happened in the last year so they are as old as when they happened. When you post about things that happened in the past, you can expect the images to be old.
I am a MW mom to a 2 yr old son, who is thriving. Alas, I don't think Zynga will interview me. I use Brawler to fight while I am making dinner and Stream Helper to help manage my family while I am playing with my son or putting him down for a nap. Without BMs, this game would not be possible for me at this level (without neglecting my kid).
I didn't notice if there was a length to the story. I am looking to write but am concerned on how long a submission should be. Zynga is looking for good press. As you noticed not one of those moms was playing MW!
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stop spam begging games says my mom...lol
ReplyDeleteseems like a negative feed back for zynga for me...
ReplyDeletethose screen shots are soooo old
ReplyDelete@Anonymous #2, if you read the post you would know both those things happened in the last year so they are as old as when they happened. When you post about things that happened in the past, you can expect the images to be old.
ReplyDeleteI am a MW mom to a 2 yr old son, who is thriving. Alas, I don't think Zynga will interview me. I use Brawler to fight while I am making dinner and Stream Helper to help manage my family while I am playing with my son or putting him down for a nap. Without BMs, this game would not be possible for me at this level (without neglecting my kid).
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice if there was a length to the story. I am looking to write but am concerned on how long a submission should be. Zynga is looking for good press. As you noticed not one of those moms was playing MW!
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