{"228961":{"#nid":"228961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bogost Interviewed in Casual Connect","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bogost\u0022\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprofessor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewas interviewed in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECasual Connect. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022As a game designer, Bogost creates games that comment on social and political issues. His games have dealt with airport security, consumer debt, disaffected workers, and the petroleum industry\u2014to name just a few. two of his most notable games are Cow Clicker, a Facebook game designed to parody standard Facebook games like FarmVille, and A Slow Year, which uses games as a spark to create the sort of emotional and artistic experiences otherwise associated with poetry.\u0022 \u0026nbsp;In this exclusive interview, Bogost explains his experience in gaming, computing, and the liberal arts connections. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27848","created_gmt":"2013-08-15 10:11:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:42","author":"Claire Woodring","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-1160\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ian.bogost@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eian.bogost@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}