We Rule, the free social networking game, held me -- and therefore Fidgit -- in its thrall for at least a week. Not that there was anything special about it beyond it being a) really charming, b) really convenient since it's for the iPhone, and c) just clever enough with its social networking nonsense to get me to press into service several friends. Now that the same developers have created the more pastoral and less authoritarian We Farm, I can't promise that I won't do it again.

From the press release:

We Farm gives players the tools to make the barnyard of their dreams. Players can outfit their farms with tractors, hay balers and sprayers, set up produce stands, and dot the countryside with multi-hued outhouses. They'll also be able to raise horses, pigs, sheep, cows, ducks and even ostriches.

Hankerin' for a little competition? Try to win a Blue Ribbon at the county fair with your menagerie. Blue Ribbon animals attract new visitors and friends to the farm and help grow the business.

Wait, back up. "Dot the country with multi-hued outhouses"? That's a terrible thing to do to a farm. Although that's exactly what I did with my kindgom in We Rule, but by accident. We Rule had little outhouses with flies buzzing around them. I thought they were apiaries. My bee farming district turned out to be something else entirely.

Get We Farm here.