Mytopia: the union of casual gaming with social networking

An interesting little site i found thanks to my pageflake is http://www.mytopia.com/.  It functions in quite the curious way.  Instead of serving simply as a hub server side for users to log onto, similar to a casual MMO, it grabs onto a social networking site, such as facebook, and can be added as an application or a widget.  Once added, the user can log in through these portals to the game proper;  this way, social networkers/bookmarkers are brought together in a casual gaming atmosphere while never leaving their social site.

 Ingenious!  I’ve never thought of that before - a casual gaming site that lets the user dictate where they play from.  Think of how widespread this could become!  Not necessarily this game proper - it only professes to house a select few casual games and chat functionality - but the template could easily be replicated to a whole host of platforms.  Think risk, but across websites!  Or maybe you can play capture the flag over the internet, logging onto different url’s as squares on the map, or even a scavenger hunt by means of logging in through certain links!

 The possibilities are endless.

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