{"133941":{"#nid":"133941","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on the Quirk of Indie Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDistribution platforms like Xbox Live or Steam are saturated with independently made videogames. \u0022And a lot of people just don\u0027t have the attention time to go through tens, hundreds, thousands of games,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Director of the Graduate Program in Digital Media. In 2010, Bogost created Cow Clicker with the intent of satirizing unoriginal game mechanics. Though limited in function, Cow Clicker became a huge success. \u0022Much to my chagrin, clicking on a cow was actually a sufficient entertainment experience, it turned out. Not just a way to critique the kind of perverse entertainment experience I found in games like \u003Cem\u003EFarmville\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0022 Bogost added. \u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/arts-entertainment\/indie-games-find-the-quirk-in-their-craft-10109.html\u0022\u003EPRI.org\u003C\/a\u003E - June 4, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-06-05 11:37:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:43","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"self-identify","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.pri.org\/stories\/arts-entertainment\/indie-games-find-the-quirk-in-their-craft-10109.html","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13483","name":"Cow Clicker"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"},{"id":"35191","name":"indie games"},{"id":"35201","name":"quirk"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}