Even when we tell kids to go play, what do the kids do? They come up with a set of constraints and structures. "Oh, we're gonna build a fort out of clothes, and now that we're in the fort we're going to pretend that we're prisoners," or whatever.
The whole idea of play is in finding, acknowledging, and then working with the natural constraints and limitations that you find in the world. - Ian Bogost
The whole idea of play is in finding, acknowledging, and then working with the natural constraints and limitations that you find in the world.
- Ian Bogost
If you start the day not really expecting substantial change, but anticipating some small new revelation or some small alteration, then over time you… - Ian Bogost
If you start the day not really expecting substantial change, but anticipating some small new revelation or some small alteration, then over time you…
Actually a lot of the supposedly serious and meaningful and worthwhile content on the podcast or on the television is no more or less meaningful than… - Ian Bogost
Actually a lot of the supposedly serious and meaningful and worthwhile content on the podcast or on the television is no more or less meaningful than…
My wife, there's certain kinds of housework that she just doesn't see as necessary to do in the way that I do. Things like the state of our closet or… - Ian Bogost
My wife, there's certain kinds of housework that she just doesn't see as necessary to do in the way that I do. Things like the state of our closet or…
When we use this word fun, it sort of bangs up the ordinary and the extraordinary altogether. - Ian Bogost
When we use this word fun, it sort of bangs up the ordinary and the extraordinary altogether.
A fun movie is something that is pleasurable without being demanding, you don't have to think too hard. - Ian Bogost
A fun movie is something that is pleasurable without being demanding, you don't have to think too hard.
The problem with fun is we really don't know what fun means at all. - Ian Bogost
The problem with fun is we really don't know what fun means at all.
There are also many things my wife can't stand about me, and there are certain capacities that she has that are different than mine. The trick is to … - Ian Bogost
There are also many things my wife can't stand about me, and there are certain capacities that she has that are different than mine. The trick is to …
I think this dichotomy or opposition between work and play, between leisure and serious stuff, is definitely a bad way of thinking about the useful i… - Ian Bogost
I think this dichotomy or opposition between work and play, between leisure and serious stuff, is definitely a bad way of thinking about the useful i…
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