While the gaming world was busy watching THQ implode last week, a funny thing happened in the background. Zynga began trading in positive territory.

Boosted by Facebook’s IPO filing, the social games maker finally escaped the mire of mediocrity it had been stuck in since its first day as a public company and began to grow. The question is: Is it a short-term surge or the start of a true growth curve?

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