Popular Social Games Inspire New Wave of Fan Blogs
Forget us boring industry news sites, there’s a new class of game blogger out there, and it’s made up of devoted players who start blogs for their favorite social games. There are, of course, blogs for most anything you can think of. So, what’s especially interesting is how many there are for top social games, and how high the quality is — especially when you consider that these are games already designed for socializing. It’s not like you need to start a blog to help you find like-minded social game players.
We’ve mentioned a few here on Inside Social Games. Soyon Im, the author of Pet Society Anonymous, a blog dedicated to Playfish’s virtual pet-caring game, penned a great article for us last month about addicted social gamers. We’ve cited the blog FarmVille Freak for its coverage of how a charitable virtual good works in Zynga’s virtual farming game. 
Here’s a list of some social gaming blogs we’ve seen out there for a few popular games, with the criteria for making the list being that the blog is regularly updated, and dedicated to a single social game. The list is by no means complete, so let us know if there are more games and blogs you think we should add.
Pet Society, by Playfish:
SuperPoke Pets, by Slide
October 21st, 2009 at 1:45 am
I think you will find that there are hundreds of fan blogs, forums, podcasts videos for our social strategy game eRepublik, just do a google search with “erepublik” or “erepublik + “a country name” for various local fan forums and blogs. So its a much bigger aspect of social games than most people think. You can also find a selection here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/External_Community_Sites
October 21st, 2009 at 5:20 am
You forget my site! http://www.mafiawarstips.com
Some useful tips and strategies there, check it out.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:32 pm
You didn’t mention YoVille fan sites like http://yvlounge.com/
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
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October 24th, 2009 at 12:26 am
The best site for ps is petsocietynews.com as they give instant info and please list some site of farm town it’s a very successful game
thanks for the info
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 am
WOW that is great. I know for the users of SPP Addict it isn’t just about connect with other players. It is a record of released items and release leaks that keep them coming back for more.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Very nice article. I have a page too. I love Mafia wars. It’s so addictive.
John,
Mafia Wars Tips and Tricks
January 8th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Great list, thanks
I also started FarmVille site – http://www.howtofarmville.com/
Already 15 totally new articles, Facebook users love it :)
August 16th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
I created a fast growing Farmville site, 2000 members and 300 blog posts so far! http://www.fvfan.com/
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 pm
The very best farmville was mine but it was deleted by facebook a dunno why really i swear :P
March 4th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
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