I wasn't entirely prepared for the runaway success of Cow Clicker after it's release last week Indeed in the near future, I might pose the question of what counts as "success" for such a work. In the meantime, here's a quick rundown of a few of the more lively discussions about the game that might interest some of you:

• On my blog post about the game
• Aki Järvinen's response (my friendly opponent in the NYU debate at which the game was released)
• Slashdot
• Kotaku
• Metafilter
• Rock Paper Shotgun
• Kyle Orland's critique at Games.com
• Caroline McCarthy with an in-depth take at CNet

If you're not playing, then you've also missed the launch of Cow Clicker merchandise, which I shamefully hock below. As I wrote on the game's swag page: Everybody knows that people don't buy art. They buy t-shirts. So buy some of this crap.