Play Anything | Ian Bogost | Talks at Google

[@jakezambas]

that rug really ties the room together

[@skeptical987]

That’s just, like, you’re opinion, man. 😉

[@andrewmara2401]

Always love revisiting this. It demands an open mind and humility to hear it, and an even more open mind and (greater?) humility to get the insight from practice. It's one of the reasons I have students watching Dr. Bogost's talk.

[@PillsburyDoughboy218]

Giving something more respect than it deserves. Recently I saw a phenomenon in competitive FPS video games, games of counter strike, valorant, rainbow 6 siege etc. usually these games happen in rounds, you play as a team to overcome an opposing team and when you die you kind of do nothing while your team plays on. So what is your role? Communication? Coaching? Nothing and letting other players focus? I saw players, throughout these games act as “play by play commentators” as if they’re casting a professional baseball game. Color commentary commitment to a bit, treating the game as real. I wonder what is your opinion on people who do “labor” on games. Such as the general manager of a baseball team. Or the “moneyball” data analyst. Are these workers also pursuing fun? By giving their labor to play.

[@Legit_SuperFall]

thank you

[@BlueNote386]

Very nice insights on what actually play and fun is. Great video by a great academic

[@alexanderiwanow5146]

"Tiny weird heroism" 14:27 👍💙

[@brandonroberts13]

I think the more negative people in the comments aren't looking to create fun things, they are just hoping to be entertained by a video about fun things.

[@brandonroberts13]

Wait, they are even doing what the speaker suggests! Their actions are an attempt to remedy the displeasure they seem to have experienced by watching the video, and their attempts to remedy what is before them is to lash.

[@DreamApostle128]

Wow you are correct! I didn't even notice i was trying to do same thing by reading the comment section And to be honest this is more fun

[@andrewmara2401]

@@brandonroberts13 almost! They don't give it the respect and space for it to be what it is. Rather, they substitute some form of either actual anger or trolling because it isn't what they think they want, and miss out on the actual play. Rather, they replicate angry, tired comments you can see on an infinite amount of other videos.

[@solomonw5665]

GReat book by yang kun chou called actionable gamification.. Where I am contemplates the topic of the function of this subject matter, CHou provides quant

[@MacShrike]

IMHO.. not saying I did.... K maybe.... this, also, goes for addiction.. any kind... thank you for your insights! Mac

[@ChinskiChat]

The irony of a useful thought around play being drawn out into an overly long talk and even longer book - both of which literally drag the fun out of every aspect of the original thought! Is there a word for that - kind of like onomatopoeia - but in reverse - and for thoughts...

[@HeavyTOVids]

You forgot the vehement anger in the book. How we learn to stop letting go into control dramas with our false mindfulness, to actively embrace having to play within boundaries we never made, and to accept our unworthiness to control the impassive domineering universe (and work culture) for pleasureless fun in situations we are eternally angry about. It's just existentialism from a frightened middle-aged critic who secretly laments he never got to live eternally as a sprite in Legends of Mana.

[@cheese3712]

Legends of Mana? Do people even play that

[@1l14cu5]

I think the word you're looking for is Ironoia.

[@SENIDANDESAINUNM]

wow, i'm interest

[@Mike.Garcia]

independent game studio? isn't every studio independent, I mean even first party ie Nintendo/Sega are independent enough to publish on others platform

[@qb6091]

you do realize that nintendo esentially only licences games nowadays.

[@DetectivePoofPoof]

You know hes an academic, because hes actively smothering the little bit of actually interesting insight he got out of a simple thought in a sea of long-winded, monotonous babbling. Well structured, formal and important-sounding babbling tho.

[@HG51_]

Kristian Atanasov yeah this video could have been 10 mins. Interesting concept tho

[@HK-ie5mb]

If he had found play in public speaking he would have gave better talk here

[@manualmind6384]

so less truth and insights.

[@loojawmanandhar9808]

Waste ur money on anything!