Cafe World: No Clean Fairy keeps stoves clean without clicking

Cafe World No Clean Fairy
Cafe World Special Items menuStoves in Cafe World always need to be clicked to be cleaned. Not even Super Stoves are immune to this drudgery. But now, in comes the No Clean Fairy, promising to leave stoves clean after use, while allowing you to pocket the Cafe Points earned from the cleaning.

The Fairy costs 95 Cafe Cash, and if you don't have a single Cafe dollar on you, you can buy a set of 120 Cafe Cash for $16 USD in the game. Granted, that's not cheap, and if you plan to be a long-term, real money spender in the game, the 780 Cafe Cash for $50 USD is the best deal.

You can find the No Clean Fairy hiding in the newest section of the Cafe World in-game store by clicking on "Functional Items", then "Special Items" (it's got an icon of a big blue jewel).

Cafe World lets you 'Save the Gulf' and decorate at the same time

Cafe World Save the Gulf
Cafe World is pledging 50% of all proceeds from its "Save the Gulf!" Mystery Crates or 3 Special Charity items to the Audobon Society to fight the Gulf Oil Spill. Each Mystery Crate costs 16 Cafe Cash, or basically, a little over $1 USD. But Cafe World sells Cafe Cash in batches, such as 25 for $3.50 USD or 780 for $50 USD.
Cafe World Save the Gulf Charity Items
The 3 Special Charity items are pre-released items from prior theme sets -- Lobster Tank (25 Cafe Cash), Modern Fish Tank (22 Cafe Cash), and Primal Fish in Tank, which costs the same as a Mystery Crate.

Cafe World Cheats and Tips: Lightning Stove Quick Links

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Hello Facefolks, it's Mr. Cheats here with the down-low on the things you shouldn't know. Today's links, courtesy of The Facegamer, are for that hot Cafe World Lightning Stove that all the kids have been talking about.

"The Lightning Super Stove makes all of your cooking 10% faster, plus it removes the need to do any ingredient sub-steps, therefore making cooking a quicker and more enjoyable experience."

To build the Cafe World Lightning Stove, all you need is a little help from your friends and the gifting links below. Use the Cafe World Lightning Stove gifting links to send out the various parts necessary to build the stove, by clicking the corresponding images below and selecting the friends you wish to send parts to. To complete the Lightning Stove you will need 8 Science Books, 6 Tesla Coils, 7 Flux Switches, and 9 Vacuum Tubes:
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For cheats & more, check out The Facegamer.

Have any tips on how to complete the Cafe World Lightning Stove? Or just looking for some help?

Facebook Groups and new privacy dashboard will change how you game

Mark Zuckerberg
At a press conference held at Facebook headquarters--in a cafeteria, oddly enough--in Palo Alto, Calif., company CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his team managers presented some groundbreaking changes to the platform: redesigned Facebook Groups and application privacy settings. While no mention was made at the event of how these changes would affect us gamers, the big Z just made it a lot easier for us to both collaborate and keep safe while we play.

See the changes and what they might mean to you after the break.

Groups Beat Clans
Facebook GroupsMost likely the biggest change to the platform since Places for smartphones, Facebook Groups allows users to create groups for any occasion (it's all in the name) that are private by default. What's more interesting is that these groups look a lot like your standard Facebook wall with most of the normal features included like photos, news feeds and most importantly, chat. For the first time, people can chat with multiple users at once, but only when in a Group.

When it comes to games, Groups is going to make collaboration that much easier. No more chatting within different programs or creating silly pages for your new FarmVille Crafting Co-Ops or Cafe World Catering Orders. This can all happen within a group tailored specifically to that game or even that task. Want to make sure your catering crew is cooking the right stuff for the 1 Year Anniversary Party? Just make a Group in a separate Facebook browser tab and chat live with your friends about who's baking what. Finishing timed missions in Mafia Wars like the new Social Missions will be a cinch now that you can collaborate live within a Facebook Group. And to think that players used forums before.

Stop Sending Me E-mails!
Ever signed up for e-mail updates from a Facebook game to get that sweet bonus only to find to your inbox filled to the brim within days from notifications of how many friends want to chop your trees down? You can now change how each of your applications, including games, accesses your account with the revamped "Applications and Websites" page in your account privacy settings. Say you want to know the last time a game accessed your information and decide that you don't it to post to your wall at all. This is where you can find that detailed information and shut out the game from doing so.

Facebook Applications
Now that Facebook gamers can tweak how games access their information, perhaps more players will be open to sharing their progress than before. I can't imagine how many gamers hit the "Skip" button constantly while they play to avoid sharing their information.

All things considered, these changes could shrink social gaming communities down to small groups of friends and family from the legions of social gaming communities who in most cases know nothing about one another. What will make or break this change for me is whether developers give players the option to publish their accomplishments and requests to Groups rather than News Feeds. Whether that cheapens or strengthens the primary function of social games is up for debate, but if I'm going to create a group with my close friends for a specific game, I want to be in the know. Regardless of what side you take, taking on the more daunting, hardcore tasks with your friends just got a helluva lot easier.

Cafe World: The Saga of the New Years Goals continues, but this time with free iPads!

Heya Chefs! We've been taking an in-depth look at how Zynga will be ringing in the New Year in Cafe World throughout this week, and at simply how much work needs to be done in an assumed short amount of time. Many users (myself included) are questioning whether or not it will even be worth it to complete the eight New Years Party Goals, even if we miss out on four exclusive recipes in the process, just because of how many things we need to collect, mostly with friends' help.

Zynga is looking to get players back into the gaming spirit, however, as they have offered some amazing real world incentive for users to finish the eight missions. They are now holding a contest, where each person that finishes all eight goals will automatically be entered to win one of 5 iPads, 5 iPod Touches, and 5 Flip Cameras! How's that for incentive!?

These are some fantastic prizes, worth hundreds of dollars in the real world, and they definitely work to create a shining light at the end of the very long tunnel that is these New Years Goals. However, if you can do so before January 10, you'll be entered for your chance to win!

Check out the rest of our New Years coverage right here.

As this growing saga of the New Years Goals continues, we want to know your thoughts - will you complete this mission set now that there are real world prizes available to win, or do you still think the missions are too difficult to complete?