Play Anything

Play Anything

by Ian Bogost

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"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 fu

ISBN: 9780465096503

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"@kalvepuri Whoa! That’s a great book. I actually blurbed it. Cool to see you reading it — I was hoping it would get an audience. How did you find out about it? (CC @ibogost)"

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"Shows how play serves as a fundamental tool for examining the world around us."