WebbIan Bogost is Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Founding Partner at … WebbIan Bogost’s How to Talk About Videogames isn’t just a book about games-- it’s a book about criticism, and where it fits in our wider culture. Bogost is the rare academic writer whose work is as clear and exciting as the best of the mainstream, and whose critical exercises backfire by becoming enormous commercial/popular successes. —

The paradox of play: Real fun should be terrifying New Scientist

Webb20 okt. 2015 · The State of Play is essential reading for anyone interested in what may well be the defining form of cultural expression of our time. "If you want to explain to … Webb13 sep. 2016 · How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds -- forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient age Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and … booleans strings and integers

Persuasive Games : The Expressive Power of Videogames

WebbThe State of Play is essential reading for anyone interested in what may well be the defining form of cultural expression of our time. "If you want to explain to anyone why … WebbIn Play Anything, acclaimed philosopher and award-winning game designer Ian Bogost reveals that play isn’t a mindless escape from boring reality. Instead, play is what … Webb1 dec. 2024 · BOGOST, IAN. Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games. New York: Basic Books, 2016, xiv + 267 pp., $26.99 cloth. boolean state