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Ian Bogost Doesn't (Really) Care About Industry Criticism

Ian Bogost is the guy behind a lot of newsgames and training games - and has managed to attract enough attention thanks to some high profile partnerships that he'll be appearing on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report this coming Tuesday. He's also come under some hefty criticism from people both inside and outside the gaming industry - most recently, in a Slate article titled (in part) World of Borecraft. Bogost has already responded to the Slate article, but he digs a little deeper in a new Gamasutra piece that explains his reasoning for just not really caring what the more traditional forces in industry think. Namely, games aren't some monolithic construct that are either/or: either fun or educational, either fun or a total snoozefest, and dammit, there's room for all of them. More »

12:30 PM on Sun Aug 5 2007
By Maggie Greene
1,603 views, 16 comments

Latest by ibogost: @Kyouryuu First, thanks for reading. I'm glad you found some thoughts of interest in the piece. Your question about games vs. simulations is a good one. I don't make a theoretical distinction between the two, in terms of how they function as more »