{"594317":{"#nid":"594317","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Books and the \u2018Boredom Boom\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication,\u0026nbsp;was mentioned in an article in \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026ldquo;Books and the \u0026lsquo;Boredom Boom\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMr. Bogost, a professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, waxes more ruminative. His thoughtful book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;(266 pages, Basic Books, $26.99) makes the point that life\u0026rsquo;s limitations \u0026mdash; as with the limitations of a game such as soccer or Tetris \u0026mdash; are not impediments to our enjoyment, but rather, what make life or the game fun in the first place. It\u0026rsquo;s a similar point to the one that Mr. Miller made in his preface, but this time around, instead of welling up, I nodded my head a lot. Yes, yes: so true.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/10\/books\/boredom-books.html?_r=0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-08-11 15:59:26","changed_gmt":"2017-08-24 14:28:36","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Would never be part of any organization that would have me as a member","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/10\/books\/boredom-books.html?_r=0","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594940":{"id":"594940","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1503584868","gmt_created":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","changed":"1503584868","gmt_changed":"2017-08-24 14:27:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226734","name":"Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66318,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Preferred1_edited_300x300.jpg?itok=Ng8OKs2w"}}},"media_ids":["594940"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"175152","name":"Books and the \u2018Boredom Boom\u2019"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}