Weekend Read of the Day

How Angry Birds, Farmville, and their brethren took over the world of gaming. Money quote: "I really like the Internet and what it's done for games — it's been amazing. But in so many ways it's just terrible," says indie game designer Zach Gage. "Arcade cabinets did a lot of things that were really smart that we never gave them credit for. There's a lot of social psychology embedded in that structure. No one is designing games like that anymore." [nyt]