<s>
The	B-Application
Cat	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Coup	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Peter	O
Brinson	O
and	O
Kurosh	O
ValaNejad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cat	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Coup	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
over	O
a	O
three-year	O
period	O
and	O
was	O
funded	O
in	O
part	O
by	O
The	O
Advancing	O
Scholarship	O
for	O
the	O
Humanities	O
and	O
Social	O
Sciences	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Southern	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
multiple	O
awards	O
,	O
including	O
IndieCade	O
's	O
documentary	O
game	O
award	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Nuovo	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
and	O
Runner	O
Up	O
for	O
the	O
Knight	O
News	O
Game	O
award	O
at	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Change	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cat	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Coup	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
"	O
eccentric	O
history	O
"	O
by	O
Steve	O
F	O
.	O
Anderson	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
Technologies	O
of	O
History	O
:	O
Film	O
,	O
Television	O
and	O
the	O
Eccentricity	O
of	O
the	O
Past	O
(	O
Dartmouth	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
an	O
image	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
its	O
cover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
writes	O
,	O
“	O
What	O
makes	O
The	B-Application
Cat	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Coup	I-Application
exemplary	O
from	O
a	O
historiographical	O
perspective	O
is	O
its	O
striking	O
adherence	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
departures	O
from	O
,	O
the	O
historical	O
record.	O
"	O
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