{"160331":{"#nid":"160331","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost on Zynga Abandoning its Hit Game","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Even if the shift from web to mobile social games is still just a theory, Zynga seems to have all but disavowed a proven, continuously successful game that performs well across both platforms:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWords With Friends\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0022 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.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/feature\/178658\/persuasive_games_words_with_.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGamasutra\u003C\/a\u003E, October 2, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2012-10-08 10:00:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:00","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"spectrum sensing","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/feature\/178658\/persuasive_games_words_with_.php","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","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":"9933","name":"Gamasutra"},{"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":""}}}