Monday, September 23, 2013 8:42โ€ฏPM

Grab that Game: Cookie Clicker

Cookie Clicker is perhaps the most absurd and addictive game ever.

Just accept this game for what it is.


So what's it about?

Cookie Clicker makes no sense what so ever.  The entire premise revolves around baking the most cookies possible.

Millions, billions, trillions of cookies...  

And then somewhere along the line the universe turns to cookies and the grandmas you've employed to bake your cookies become mutants and revolt against you.  I don't know.

How's it play?

Cookie Clicker is almost stupidly simple.  Naturally, you start off with no cookies.  You must click the giant floating cookie to make cookies.  Eventually you click the cookie enough times to buy upgrades that click for you, have grandmas bake cookies, and more, culminating in time machines that bring you cookies from the future.

That's the entire game.  You wait for the number of cookies you have to reach an amount that allows you to buy a new upgrade, which increases the rate at which you produce cookies, enabling you to buy more upgrades.

Rolling in the dough.  As your cookies per second number increases, so does your ability to buy new upgrades.

Cookie Clicker does a couple of smart things.  It scales the cost of upgrades as your cookie per second count increases, making it so that you can't just buy a billion upgrades at once, which would no doubt shorten the life of the game.  It also has a small story to it, told through fictional headlines that change as you get more cookies.  At first, everyone loves your cookies.  But as you produce more and more cookies, things start to get hectic.  Those grandmas get angry...

Why should I play it?

Cookie Clicker is meant to be a simple time waster.  Once you start playing, you can just leave it open in a tab and check it from time to time.  Be warned, though; you will get caught up in the desire for new upgrades just to inflate your imaginary cookie wealth.  This is an addiction that can last from three to four days.

You could argue that cookie clicker is an overly ridiculous meta-commentary on the faults of capitalism.  Yeah, you could argue that.  After all, you exploit your workers for your own gain, and eventually they revolt.

In reality though, it's just fun.  Dumb and fun.

How much is it?

FREE.  Just go to http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ and start playing.  Happy cookie clicking.

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I'm Erik. I'm a senior at the University of Rhode Island majoring in Criminal Justice and minoring in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics.
I have a long history with video games, which is important when trying to maintain a blog about them. I was introduced to video games through a family friend at a young age. He had a Nintendo 64, and I immediately became a junkie for Goldeneye 007 and Mario Kart. The years progressed and gaming stayed right there with me. My tastes have changed- I love Grand Theft Auto, Forza, and Ratchet and Clank, but Iโ€™ll be damned if I still donโ€™t enjoy a good game of Mario Kart Wii.
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