2011年1月27日星期四

If I can get under people's skin and make them wonder: 'Is that what I want

“If I can get under people's skin and make them wonder: 'Is that what I want? Or am I being duped?' then that would be a real gratifying seed to plant. And whether that ?takes the form of 'I'm going to go out to make game poems or maybe I'll go drag out the old NES and see what that felt like — or maybe make me feel like replica brand watches maybe I don't need the fancy new gizmo intece maybe I'm more interested in this other way of playing — that's ok. I would feel gratified if I gave people that pause.”Ian Bogost has made video game poems. They're here to slow us all down.

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