World of Warcraft-maker Blizzard: FarmVille is 'not evil' [Interview]

Blizzard, the company responsible for what some might call the most popular social games of all time (long before FarmVille was a twinkle in Mark Pincus' eye), is celebrating 20 years in existence. World of Warcraft, an online role-playing game that launched in '04, boasts 12 million subscribers and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, released last year, sold 2.5 million copies in 48 hours.

Right now, the company is hard at work on a third Diablo game and a new mystery MMO codenamed 'Project Titan.' Recently and was in New York City recently to ring the closing bell at the NASDAQ. Games.com caught up with Blizzard President/CEO Mark Morehaime and EVP Product Development of Frank Pearce in Times Square to talk about the company's history and see what these two industry vets think about games like FarmVille and the brave new world of social gaming.