Homer Becomes a Social Gaming Addict in Latest Simpsons Episode

Homer Simpson becomes hopelessly addicted to playing a game called "VillageVille" on his myPad, in Sunday night's episode of The Simpsons, as the comedy takes a stab at popular Zynga Facebook games.

Homer is home faking a back injury when he discovers the game, and becomes so addicted he forgets to walk the family dog, Santa's Little Helper. In the clip above, Homer can be seen clearing a forest for his village, then adding buildings.

This isn't the first time The Simpsons has parodied a popular mobile game. Earlier in this season, Homer was seen playing "Words With Enemies," a scrabble-clone where you clobbered your opponents.

While creator Matt Groenig may have wanted to poke…
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