The future should be bright for Zynga, but let's not assume it will be easy. We've seen the fickle nature of gamers, and the company has simply been fortunate that when casual gamers tired of harvesting crops on FarmVille, they moved on to Zynga's territorial conquest experiences and word games. Traditional gaming companies are waking up to the reality that video game sales -- which have been sluggish through most of the three past years -- are being replaced by these casual digitally delivered diversions. They may lack the potent punch of hardcore gaming franchises, but the portability of Zynga's games seems to be making all the difference these days. You would probably never see Baldwin slam the lavatory door of a commercial airline flight because he was in the middle of a Zelda game. Zynga's the future, and unlike Baldwin, it's cleared to take off later this week. Longtime Motley Fool contributor Rick Munarriz does not own shares in any stocks in this article.