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It's been tried as a joke not unlike yours, under the name ‘Click a cow’, and made a lot of money and many enthusiast (many ironically) players. Apparently, wha

by bertil 13y ago

It's been tried as a joke not unlike yours, under the name ‘Click a cow’, and made a lot of money and many enthusiast (many ironically) players. Apparently, what you are set for life with are unending questions about the nature of what is fun, and designing meta-games.

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dwd 13y ago
Don't forget this insanity http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
- andreyf 13y ago
  I have to say this game is surprisingly thought provoking and fun. To each his own, I guess.
  - pilif 13y ago
    Especially once you launch the Web Developer tools for a bit of additional fun.
    - andreyf 13y ago
      I was thinking Excel :)
zecho 13y ago
It was Cow Clicker and it was a weird, terrible experiment. http://www.bogost.com/blog/cow_clicker_1.shtml http://www.bogost.com/blog/cow_clicker_1.shtml http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/all/
- tokipin 13y ago
  there was also a short NPR story about it: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518949/ http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518949/
  - xster 13y ago
    It's on Wired too Related note: can't believe that was 2011 when I read it. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/ http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/ff_cowclicker/ Time flies terrifyingly fast.
    - tokipin 13y ago
      no kidding. i'm afraid of seeing how long ago it was that i created this HN account...
- headgasket 13y ago
  I just read the wikipedia write up about this -ROFL. Seriously I cant believe I missed this while it occurred. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Clicker