Acts of Ville-ainy

Zynga's grip is becoming so tight that their own users are slipping through their fingers.

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Acts of Ville-ainy

Date: December 5, 2011

Written and Performed By: Graham Stark, Kathleen De Vere, and Paul Saunders

Story Graphics: Paul Saunders

CheckPoint Graphics: Graham Stark

Boom: Kate Stark

Music: Bradley Rains

Thanks To: Russ Pitts, Alexander Macris and Penny Arcade

Produced By: Graham Stark and Paul Saunders

Today

Peak Zynga may have been achieved. Brace yourself Find out more on today's CheckPoint.

Stories

• FFXIII-2 to include Ezio costume as DLC.
• Skyrim fan collects all of the in game book text as an e-book.
• Call of Juarez poll distributed to players with some oddly specific questions.
• Dead Island banned in Germany for excessive violence; ironically Quake I was just released there.
• Sour Patch Kids tie-in game to be made by Capcom with music by Method Man.
• Zynga wants to become a very valuable publicly traded stock. Paul suggests that they diversify their portfolio.

Coming Up

A Gears of War prequel trilogy might be in the works.

Trivia

• The Adventures of Professor Pigglesworth on the Island of Give Me Your Money is a reference to Socially Inept.
• Clips from Paul's report on Zynga were cut into Trouble on the Farm when the report on that situation proved accurate.
• This episode is the first time the Bionic Trousers Media copyright information has appeared on a CheckPoint video.