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Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to creativity and fun.
Nir Eyal • Indistractable
Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to creativity and fun.
Nir Eyal • Indistractable
Operating under constraints, Bogost says, is the key to creativity and fun.
Nir Eyal • Indistractable
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Craig Mod • Post-Artifact Books and Publishing
Above all, people need agency. They need to feel in control. Sometimes, that means designing for subversive behavior. I mean, isn't the most fun often had when you're breaking rules? But this is enormously difficult in software, where you must design almost everythingfrom scratch. Unlike life, you don't get a common repertoire of actions for free –... See more
XH • Internet Playgrounds
The critic Roy Christopher has called irony “the most abused trope of our time, a ‘get out of judgment free’ card, an escape route, an exit strategy.”
Ian Bogost • Play Anything
“I like it when people make clear artistic decisions,” he said. “In a time of so-called A.I., personality becomes even more important.” Using technology to randomize content and narrative, he added with a laugh, “becomes a little bit garbage.”
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Rizwan Virk, a video game programmer, notes that a core mantra in programming is “only render that which is being observed.”