FarmVille podcast delayed until Friday, February 12

There will be no official FarmVille podcast as promised today. The podcast has been delayed again due to technical and maintenance issues.

Charitable gamers bring in 1.5 million for Haiti in five days

Over the past five days, premium charity items in Zynga’s Facebook games, FarmVille , FishVille , Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker, brought in $1.5 million dollars for aid to Haiti.

Champions Online Is a Better Mafia Wars

Time management games on Facebook follow a pretty basic template.

Mafia Wars Toolbar Gives Players Limited Edition Utility Belt

Wish that you could monitor your Mafia Wars mafia all day without ditching work or school? Well the makers of the game have just introduced a new toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox that lets players check out their Health Energy, Stamina and the time remaining until they can use an Energy Pack. It’s pretty simple but installers of the beta version of the toolbar will receive an in-game advantage, a Limited Edition Utility Belt that comes with 30 Attack/30 Defense.

Nannybots in Pet Society

Yesterday, Playfish released “Nannybots,” that will feed, clean and play with your pet 24 hours a day. Nannybots are sold at the Gadget and Furniture Shops for 400 coins. Playfish has thrown in a free battery good for the first three days, but if you want to recharge it, you have to fork over some real money–5 Playfish coins.