Blue Fang and Big Fish Games are my favorite two companies in the social gaming world; I’ll hardly play anything else. I don’t know what it is – whether it’s a mindset with the strictly social gaming companies or on the trad game companies’ side – but the game mechanics are more creative and intricate, the interface considerate of the people using them, and the games themselves less likely to use “punishment” (e.g. your crops wilting) to keep you playing.

So all this was basically off-topic, but I just wanted to congratulate you on the new position! So congratulations!

I’m going to go look up “game metrics” now.