Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost

Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games

Ian Bogost

288 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology informative reflective slow-paced
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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 ageLife is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever ca...

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funny 50%
adventurous 25%
inspiring 25%

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medium 40%

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