Ian Bogost Quotes

I think the most important thing to realize about play is that it's this thing that's in stuff, it's not in you.

Ian Bogost

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Once you understand that Goliath is much weaker than you think he is, and David has superior technology, then you say: why do we tell the story the way we do? It becomes, actually, a far more meaningful and important story in its retelling than in the kind of unsophisticated way we've done it for, I think, too long.

Malcolm Gladwell
- Important
- Long
- Done
I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original 'Goldeneye.' I'm that geek. I have an 'NBA Jam' arcade machine in my office at 'SNL.'

Taran Killam
- Up
- Play
- Old
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.

Yogi Berra
- Real
- Guy
- You
Everyone knows that metaphors are important, yet we have no idea why.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
- Important
- Why
- Everyone
When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.

J Mascis
- Play
- Enough
- Moment
Here's the miracle: I grew up thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great to write 'Superman' someday? Wouldn't it be great to create my own show, or work on 'Lensman,' or 'Forbidden Planet?' Those were very literally the goals I set for myself, the dreams that I thought I didn't have a chance in hell of ever actually achieving. But it's happened.

J. Michael Straczynski
- Up
- Work
- Great