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Ian BogostIan Bogost, professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communication, had his book Play Anything reviewed in “The Paradox About Play That Can Make You A Better Creative in 2017” for Fast Company.
Excerpt:
In a world where creative hyphenates have become the norm, game designer-philosopher Ian Bogost stands out. His most famous game, Cow Clicker, began as an impish parody of Facebook games like Farmville but took on non-ironic life of its own. He’s written a book-length appreciation of a single line of BASIC code and a metaphysical monograph about the inner lives of burritos. Now with his latest book, Play Anything, Bogost applies his catholicintelligence to the phenonemon of philosophical life-hacking. Think game design meets confessional memoir meets "This Is Water" meets Marie Kondo, with a dash of "here’s what’s wrong and/or right with our entire culture" polemicism thrown in, too.
For the full article, read here.
