Seriously, this crotchety rant is the best you could come up with? You apparently have never played this game and your critique offers nothing whatsoever in the way of substance, either for your dismissal of the game in question, nor for your characterization of Mashable as out of touch. Seriously, there's not a single actual point in there anywhere. You could be 100% correct on both counts, but as it stands, your comment adds nothing to the discussion.
What kind of "actual point" would you have preferred to see?
Of course I haven't played this game. I don't need to to say that this puff piece is misguided, just like I don't need to play Mafia Wars on Facebook to be able to emphatically tell you that that's not going to be the next Twitter, either - although that would, if anything, be more likely.
Look, I don't mean to be negative, but I think this kind of app only appeals to a certain type of person and does not have the mass appeal to spread beyond that niche. Mashable is in that niche, so they don't see that not all that many outside it find much value in devoting real time and effort to becoming the virtual "mayor" of a coffee shop.
Seriously, this crotchety rant is the best you could come up with? You apparently have never played this game and your critique offers nothing whatsoever in the way of substance, either for your dismissal of the game in question, nor for your characterization of Mashable as out of touch. Seriously, there's not a single actual point in there anywhere. You could be 100% correct on both counts, but as it stands, your comment adds nothing to the discussion.