Angry FashionWorld players demand better game with Care2 petition

Players of FashionWorld, a Facebook game developed by Buenos Ares-based Metro Games with over 4 million monthly players, are demanding their hard-earned Facebook Credits back after weeks of bugs and malfunctioning features, according to Social Times. A group of players have banded together to start a Care2 online petition seeking 1,000 signatures that they hope will sway Metro Games into either refunding their loyal players' Facebook Credits or improving the stability of its hit fashion game.

According to some players, gifting has been completely shut down for three weeks while others report lost items and some claim to have items they've just built disappear almost immediately, according to the petition. The complaint lists a litany of other problems from outright missing Facebook Credits to a lack of any explanation or tutorial on how to play the game to fundamental issues with the amount of space players have to dwell in. If these problems really have been occurring for nearly a month, we're surprised FashionWorld has more monthly users than some of Zynga's less popular games.

According the the Care2 petition that will be sent to both Metro Games and Facebook (not sure how far the latter will get them), the issue ultimately boils down to poor customer service. Considering this might be the first time players have attempted to petition a social game since the Zoo World incident, it will be interesting to see the results of this petition--which thus far has just 73 out of the 1,000 necessary signatures. God speed, disgruntled fashionistas.

Zynga's CityVille could overthrow FarmVille tomorrow, reporter claims

Remember when we mentioned that CityVille was dangerously close to beating FarmVille as the top Zynga Facebook game? Well, it could happen as early as tomorrow, according to a speculative report by Social Times. If true, this could drastically change the playing field, with FarmVille living in the shadow of a far more current social game with enhanced visuals and more streamlined progression.

Social Times cites AllFacebook's recent findings that CityVille is, as of this writing, sitting at 54.7 million monthly players while FarmVille waits for what seems to be inevitable at 56.6 million. With Zynga's other games below second place trailing behind by as much as 20 and 30 million fewer players (Zynga Poker, FrontierVille and Mafia Wars, respectively), CityVille could be number one for a long time. We'll see if Zynga, and the CityVille team especially, get their early Christmas gift tomorrow.

While this news is huge, here's the next $1 million question: what new game could beat CityVille? Could the rumored sequel to Mafia Wars do the trick?

Cookie Monster YouTube game asks 'Will it Sink or Float?'

Our beloved blue fur ball from the around the corner on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster, has become somewhat of a YouTube sensation lately. And his most recent outing on the ubiquitous video site is, thankfully for you parents' sake, much more educational. In the "Sink or Float" YouTube game, Cookie Monster and his friend Emma ask for your help in testing whether five different objects will either sink or float in a tank of water.

Like most standard interactive YouTube games, clicking on one of the four options will jump you to the result, which will have another set of options toward the end of the video. More specifically, your task is to answer whether one of five items, Ernie's rubber ducky, a lemon, a lime, a coconut or a rubber band ball, will sink or float in water. The game's primary goal is to give kids a crash course in the scientific method. But if you have a fish tank (or in my case an aquatic turtle tank), just remember to keep it firmly sealed in case the little ones get any smart ideas.

With the bonafide blue beast recently attracting over 1.5 million people to his Saturday Night Live audition tape, a regularly updated video blog on Facebook and a his own Tumblr, we doubt Cookie Monster will be leaving the internet behind anytime soon. Let's just hope his future exploits are as fun as this one.