Comments on: Ian Bogost: the sarcastic game dev and academic who gave us Cow Clicker http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: beemoh http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1338186 beemoh Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1338186 I assume we're all following the Twitter feed@bogost_ebooks:twitter ? I assume we’re all following the Twitter feed@bogost_ebooks:twitter ?

]]> By: TimRowledge http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1337112 TimRowledge Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1337112 mmm, HamsterNom - www.sluggy.com mmm, HamsterNom – http://www.sluggy.com

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336804 Jonathan Badger Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336804 <blockquote>On one level, this was all part of the act. Bogost was inhabiting the persona of a manipulative game designer, and therefore it made sense to pull every dirty trick he could to make the game as sticky and addictive as possible. But as he grew into the role, he got a genuine thrill from his creation’s popularity</blockquote>Bogost seems to do this in his writing as well. In one essay, he rants (quite rightly, in my opinion) that "gamification" is a bullshit buzzword, and in another essay on game design he namedrops Heidegger and various postmodernist "thinkers", which sets off the bullshit detectors of myself and most others, I'd expect.

On one level, this was all part of the act. Bogost was inhabiting the persona of a manipulative game designer, and therefore it made sense to pull every dirty trick he could to make the game as sticky and addictive as possible. But as he grew into the role, he got a genuine thrill from his creation’s popularity

Bogost seems to do this in his writing as well. In one essay, he rants (quite rightly, in my opinion) that “gamification” is a bullshit buzzword, and in another essay on game design he namedrops Heidegger and various postmodernist “thinkers”, which sets off the bullshit detectors of myself and most others, I’d expect.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336794 Henry Pootel Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336794 What? What?

]]> By: Mantissa128 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336643 Mantissa128 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336643 ...and here we have a model of how capitalism gets started. …and here we have a model of how capitalism gets started.

]]> By: Frank W http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336535 Frank W Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336535 This would have been a science fiction story, like, ten years ago? This would have been a science fiction story, like, ten years ago?

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336467 teapot Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336467 This guy is my new hero. This guy is my new hero.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336452 Anon_Mahna Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336452  rots your brain instead of your teeth  rots your brain instead of your teeth

]]> By: Nathan Claus http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336411 Nathan Claus Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336411 The internet is one massive amphetamine.  The internet is one massive amphetamine. 

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336395 Nadreck Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336395 Shades of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!  It also started out as a satire of how idiots would get involved in anything faddish: in its case anything in a black and white comic with a "#1" on the cover. Shades of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”!  It also started out as a satire of how idiots would get involved in anything faddish: in its case anything in a black and white comic with a “#1″ on the cover.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336366 Donald Petersen Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336366 <blockquote>how incredibly stupid and pointless the FarmVille-style Facebook games of the day were.</blockquote> And you knew who you were then... girls were girls and men were men...

how incredibly stupid and pointless the FarmVille-style Facebook games of the day were.

And you knew who you were then… girls were girls and men were men…

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336350 Kimmo Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336350 Is anyone else reminded of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggest_douche_in_the_universe" rel="nofollow">The Biggest Douche in the Universe</a>? Is anyone else reminded of The Biggest Douche in the Universe?

]]> By: Warren_Terra http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336321 Warren_Terra Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336321 Bogost can be heard telling his story <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/nov/18/cow-clicker/" rel="nofollow">on NPR's <i>On The Media</i></a>, from November. The story is about eight minutes long. Bogost can be heard telling his story on NPR’s On The Media, from November. The story is about eight minutes long.

]]> By: coffee100 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/02/ian-bogost-the-sarcastic-game.html#comment-1336290 coffee100 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=141974#comment-1336290 Considering all the hoops one must jump through to get a Facebook page it's unclear how a project like this lasts very long before generating complaints and being banned for violating one or more TOS rules. Considering all the hoops one must jump through to get a Facebook page it’s unclear how a project like this lasts very long before generating complaints and being banned for violating one or more TOS rules.

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