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Ian Bogost

http://bogost.com/
Last activity: 21.08.2026
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Jun 8, 2016Video Games Keep Getting Tougher and That's OKDark Souls has become one of this decade's most popular titles. The latest game, Dark Souls III, is the fastest selling game in developer Bandai Namco's history. What's most interesting about this is that the Dark Souls franc...
Feb 12, 2015How a ‘stock market for people’ is funding a shot at the next billion-user mobile appSAN FRANCISCO–If you can’t beat them, try beating them another way. In 2004, Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith launched a startup called Tagged. They hoped to outdo another nascent project, known at the time as “thefacebook,” in the then...
Feb 12, 2015How a ‘stock market for people’ is funding a shot at the next billion-user mobile appDid you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. SAN FRANCISCO–If you can’t beat them, try beating them another way. In 2004, Greg Tseng and Johann Schleier-Smith launched a startup ca...
Jul 1, 2012The art of manipulationWhen Is creating addictive products moral? Let's admit it, we in the consumer Web industry are in the manipulation business. We build products meant to persuade people to do what we want them to do. We call these people "users&quo...
Jul 1, 2012The Art Of ManipulationEditor’s Note: Nir Eyal is a founder of two startups and an advisor to several Bay Area companies and incubators. He is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and blogs about the intersection of psychology, tech...
Apr 24, 2012What Do You Get When You Strip Patent Illustrations From All Context?When filling out a patent application, the purpose is two-fold. The first purpose of the application is to provide enough information for the patent examiner to determine if your invention is original and non-obvious, thus patentable. The s...
Mar 30, 2012The DeanBeat: “Evil” Zynga learns that old labels can come back to haunt youIs Zynga evil? When Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the maker of the wonderfully creative Draw Something app, it was a great moment. Zynga was able to land a 30-person creative team that could help lift the company from an also-ran in m...
Mar 30, 2012The DeanBeat: “Evil” Zynga learns that old labels can come back to haunt youDid you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Is Zynga evil? When Zynga paid $180 million for OMGPOP, the maker of the wonderfully creative Draw Something app, it was a great moment...
Sep 11, 2011On The Transmigration of Album Covers: Steve Reich & The Art of the TragedyFor all the opportunist politics and exploitative media reporting we've let slide over the past decade, it's disappointing that the arts remains an area routinely besieged by the impossibly dense and hot-running taboo associated w...
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What has the press written about Ian Bogost?

Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning Ian Bogost, among them “Video Games Keep Getting Tougher and That's OK” (Jun 8, 2016) and “How a ‘stock market for people’ is funding a shot at the next billion-user mobile app” (Feb 12, 2015).

Is Ian Bogost still active?

Yes, Ian Bogost is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 21, 2026.