{"68489":{"#nid":"68489","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bogost\u0027s Cow Clicker Takes on Alternate Reality Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Director of the Graduate Program in Digital Media, has expanded the scope of his wildly popular Facebook game \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bogost.com\/blog\/cow_clicker_1.shtml\u0022\u003ECow Clicker\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ea satire of other wildly popular Facebook games. \u003Cem\u003ECow ClickARG\u003C\/em\u003E, which comes in the form of several cryptic clues that ask gamers to pursue 6 hidden cows across the globe, is but the latest Facebook game to explore Alternate Reality Games, where digital games lead players into the real world. Devoted Cow Clickers must seek the truth in\u0026nbsp;clues in order to prevent \u0022moo-msday,\u0022 a masked threat that draws ever closer with the clicking of cows, yet may be pushed back by spending Facebook credits. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003ECow ClickARG \u003C\/em\u003Emay or may not be inspired by similar initiatives into ARGs by games sent up by \u003Cem\u003ECow Clicker\u003C\/em\u003E, such as \u003Cem\u003EFarmville\u003C\/em\u003E. In any case, fans of \u003Cem\u003ECow Clicker\u003C\/em\u003E await an uncertain fate.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp; Kotaku, June 21, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5814207\/in-cow-clickarg-the-cowpocalypse-is-nigh\u0022\u003ERead Full Article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27192","created_gmt":"2011-06-23 11:53:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:57","author":"Benjamin Chapman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"FYSA","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5814207\/in-cow-clickarg-the-cowpocalypse-is-nigh","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","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"}],"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":""}}}