- What are the issues Ian Bogost raises about social games with Cow Clicker?
I think he sort of raises the question of the pointless activities we are entertained by in this society. Clicking something for the sake of clicking something again – and then his game which was supposed to be satire actually became popular for the exact thing he was “fighting” against
- How do social games like FarmVille enframe friends?
Games like these affect how we interact with others – how we give gifts, compare ourselves, base our value off of our qualities and material. Even how people make friends shifts and can make people look at the things differently if they’re used to being in a virtual, different environment.
- How do social games destroy time outside of the game?
It can potentially make us waste the time we have just to play the game again. If the focus is the game, that changes the way we interact with the time we have