Gallery: Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Can Social Games Solve Music's Woes?

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    Sad panda

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    Levels

  • The training segments are actually sort of fun. By bouncing balls against the letters in a band's name I've trained my...
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    Plinko as virtual training ground

  • Now that my panda is a level2 music pet it's capable of eating food I buy at the post office which restores its energy.
    General layout of NASA Lewis Research Center's piloted Mars spacecraft. A. nuclear-thermal rocket engine; B. central propellant tank; C. aft propellant tank cluster; D. forward propellant tank cluster; E. crew compartment; F. Mars Landing Vehicle; G. Earth Landing Vehicle. Image: NASA
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    Victory: level up

  • My virtual panda went to the mayor's house to play him a song. You can listen to music together with real friends in the...
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    Visit

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    Buying coins

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    Choose food

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    Fetching more music

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    Training required

  • I do not like Puddle of Mudd but forgave my panda for suggesting it. Recommendations presumably improve the more you play.
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    Love or hate?

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    Playing songs for friends

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    The Fall - "Totally Wired"

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