{"157051":{"#nid":"157051","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on Game Sarcasm","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn some ways we know that we\u2019re reaching a level of sophistication with games because we are able to play them ironically,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bogost\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u201cI mean, we\u2019ve been through this kind of post-modern, self-referential experiment with different art forms many decades ago \u2014 with writing, with film, with art. When you see creators and viewers able to rise above the experience to understand the form to then comment upon it, then you realize that that requires a kind of literacy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/speakeasy\/2012\/09\/25\/borderlands-2-shoots-irony-in-the-face\/?mod=google_news_blog\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWall Street Journal\u003C\/a\u003E, September 25, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2012-09-26 09:08:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:00","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Anton Leykin","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/speakeasy\/2012\/09\/25\/borderlands-2-shoots-irony-in-the-face\/?mod=google_news_blog","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2450","name":"computer games"},{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"}],"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":""}}}