Is Mobile Gaming Facebook’s Achilles Heel?

By Jason Bond:It has been little over a year since social gaming company Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) completed its IPO. Investors' interest in social media and Internet IPOs was at its peak when Zynga listed its shares on the public market. However, it has been downhill ever since for ZNGA and other social media stocks.

By Stone Fox Capital:While the whole gaming market was focused on Zynga (ZNGA) and the social media gaming platform of Facebook (FB) in 2011, Glu Mobile (GLUU) quietly focused on building a mobile gaming empire. The company is scheduled to launch a total of 18 games in the back half of 2012.

Mark Gomes submits:Hot IPOs can have a significant impact on the valuation of existing public companies. For example, the recent Renren (RENN) and LinkedIn (LNKD) IPOs proved to be a boon for Quepasa (QSPA) shareholders. In the days leading up to RENN's IPO, QPSA shares nearly doubled.

Two teenage girls killed themselves this month after photos of their alleged sexual abuse were posted online. One girl, 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, was called a slut and bullied after photos of her alleged sexual assault were emailed around the school.

By Stocks & Shares:Social media and mobile device gaming is in the limelight. Zynga (ZNGA) and Facebook (FB) trade at very high valuations while traditional console gaming stocks are trading at much lower price multiples. Regardless of the phenomenon of a new social/mobile gaming world, traditional console gaming is alive and well.

By Illuminati Investments: As a dyed-in-the-wool value investor, I never thought I'd be recommending a social media stock, but mobile gaming leader Zynga (ZNGA) has gotten too cheap to ignore.