Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
Ian Bogost, "Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games"
English | ISBN: 0465051723 | 2016 | 288 pages | AZW3 | 1256 KB
English | ISBN: 0465051723 | 2016 | 288 pages | AZW3 | 1256 KB
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 philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities.
The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals that games appeal to us not because they are fun, but because they set
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