In a real-life blending of new and traditional media, The New York Times‘ globe-trotting columnist Nicholas Kristof is working on a Facebook game to draw attention to the human rights issues he covers in his column.

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There’s been no official announcement yet, but word has it that the next Facebook game from industry giant Zynga will be ForestVille.

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Zynga’s newest game has already set a record in its first week, growing faster than any other application has during its first week on Facebook.
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Zynga’s newest entry in the ‘Ville series of social game, CastleVille, just went live on Facebook.

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A short horror video has made it to the top of our list of the fastest growing applications nine days after Halloween, followed by Zynga’s newest and edgiest game.
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FarmVille players outnumber real farmers by a ratio of 80 to one, and one out of every five people in the U.S. plays the game.
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Today Zynga’s biggest brand campaign has gone live and for a limited time FarmVille players can access a Lady Gaga-branded farm and virtual goods, plus score songs before they become available elsewhere.
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While FarmVille may seem like the simplest game ever invented, one publisher believes that there’s a large enough market of Facebook users who don’t understand how to play the game.
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A viral scam spreading on Facebook touts a page called “What’s New on FarmVille?” that tries to coerce you into spamming all of your friends on the site and then completing a survey that would pay a commission to the scammer.
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If you see a Facebook status update claiming that Zynga is giving away farm cash, trust us, it’s not true.
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