Experimental Game Lab

Ian Bogost tells all!

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39727/The_link_between_game_bundles_and_cereal.php

Games are persuasive indeed.  Are they persuasive enough in politics?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16535626

Read about how some college students from Georgia Tech played “Legend of Zelda” to raise money for kids:

http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/05/quest-for-a-princess-rescues-kids/?hpt=hp_bn8

Professor Ian Bogost comments on the biases of video games in this article featuring a video game maker linked to US prisoner in Iran:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2012/01/10/video_game_maker_linked_to_us_prisoner_in_iran/?page=full

Watch Professor Ian Bogost on the news discussing Cow Clicker:

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1365305898001/social-video-games-continue-to-gain-momentum/?playlist_id=87060

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39378/2011_The_year_in_video_game_criticism.php

(includes links to several memorable game criticisms and Ian Bogost’s Cow Clicker)

This article features the input of our very own Ian Bogost:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/12/the-benefits-of-video-games/

Learn more about Ian Bogost and the ever-popular Cow Clicker game:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/1

Celia Pearce discusses how video games can lead to real-world energy solutions:

http://www.energynow.com/video/2011/12/05/energy-themed-video-games

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-tech-observer/2011/12/01/atari-hire-makes-move-towards-mobile-game-markets#ixzz1fcqaqikT