Pet Society Mayor gets official real world debut at the Amazon store

Playfish selling Pet Society Mayor statue on Amazon
Fans of our Games.com Facebook page may remember the figurine shown above from our Fan Appreciation Giveaway back in April. Our Editor-In-Chief had just gotten her hands on two, very rare Pet Society Mayor statues, and through her great beneficence and magnanimity, two of our Games.com fans got the chance to have the Mayor for their very own!
Pet Society Mayor in the Toys and Collectable store
But now, Playfish has officially announced that they're selling the statues via Amazon. A poster of this can be found at the Pet Society "Market" store, under the "Toys and Collectable" section. Clicking on the poster will take you to this Playfish page. The Mayor is made of PVC vinyl, and is 5.25 inches tall. It costs $24.99 USD in America, which sucks, since you need at least $25 to qualify for free shipping. The UK Amazon store is offering free shipping if delivered in the UK, and the Mayor can be bought for £15.00 there.

We hope the release of the Mayor means that more real Playfish toys are headed our way soon. Because we also gave away a Pet Society pink cat figurine in April! So we know Playfish is manufacturing these things. It's all a matter of time.

FarmVille for Dummies arrives to reeducate virtual farmers everywhere

It's strange to think that FarmViille has been around this long without its own "Dummies" book. And leave it to our good friends (and Games.com contributors) Kyle Orland and Angela Morales to make it happen. Orland, a freelance journalist, and FarmVille Freak founder Morales teamed up to create the 288-page tutorial detailing everything from the basics of digital farming to mastering the in-game Market and troubleshooting gameplay issues.

The book, both published and distributed by Wiley, is available now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other fine book sellers for $19.99. You may say to yourself, "But I already know what to do in FarmVille," but what about your friends and family who don't? Admit it, you're just bitter because you didn't think of it first. And better yet, Orland is working on CityVille for Dummies set to release in July of this year. Hey, at least there's still FrontierVille--wait, this just in: He's got that one too! Just kidding ... for now.