In Real Life

It’s Official: Clicking On Cows Is A "Thing"

Every day, more evidence that Ian Bogost’s satirical game-turned-real-game-turned-ironic sensation Cow Clicker has become a bona fide sensation. Take the case of the startup “Wander,” which has no real product or service… at all… and yet has registered over 10,000 users.


December 22, 2011
In Real Life

Finally, A Video Game Article That Is Also A Video Game

You may have already read Leigh Alexander’s damn-near definitive recounting of Ian Bogost’s satirical Facebook game Cow Clicker right here at Kotaku. But all the same, the world could use another piece about the man and his work, especially if that piece is as clever as the one that Wired just ran.


October 4, 2011
In Real Life

The Life-Changing $US20 Rightward-Facing Cow

The past year has been one of the strangest ever in the life of game designer, lecturer and author Ian Bogost. It started with the launch of the most successful game he’s ever developed, and ended with him bringing it to a strange, cathartic end.


June 22, 2011
PC

In Cow ClickARG, The Cowpocalypse Is Nigh

The Cow Clicker-ing community has been sent on a mission; discover the secrets of Cow ClickARG before the secrets discover you.


January 21, 2011
PC

Facebook Game Satire Continues With ‘Cow Clicker Blitz’

Cow Clicker, the send-up of social gaming absurdity, has expanded its parody of all things Facebook with an application platform that offers “seamless bovine integration”. Cow Clicker Blitz is a proof-of-concept of the robust leverages it can architect. Or something.


July 22, 2010
News

The Facebook Game That Makes Fun Of Facebook Games

Ian Bogost – video game academic, designer and one-time Kotaku guest editor – has just released the Shaun of the Dead of Facebook games.