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Ian Bogost is an American Videogame researcher at Georgia Tech and also a game designer at Persuasive Games.

  • 02:53:01 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: The Girl Scouts have cookies, but the Boy Scouts just have popcorn. They should sell bourbon instead.

     

  • 01:25:57 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: Last tweet on this: for all y'all who think journalism is just observation and reporting, go read this: http://amzn.to/cfzC9G

     

  • 01:23:11 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @bokista @KyleOrl the euthanist press is going to work itself out of a market.

     

  • 01:21:51 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl No, no I'm not. I'm suggesting that there's a general shift in the media environment.

     

  • 01:19:34 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Put differently, the mainstream press is also becoming enthusiast.

     

  • 01:15:43 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @jasonkill @KyleOrl Oh I'm sure there's a whole network of actors at work here, not just websites.

     

  • 01:11:49 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl I do no equating. I am an unequator. But I think the enthusiast press is changing our tolerance for sensationalism.

     

  • 01:06:51 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @iconmaster Make sure you teach them uncial and blackletter too. Fun with letterspacing for emphasis!

     

  • 01:05:59 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Again, I'm thinking more broadly than games. I'm wondering if the enthusiast trend is making everything more tabloidish.

     

  • 01:02:24 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl I'm not making an argument, I'm asking a (mildly provocative) question whose answer I don't know.

     

  • 01:01:47 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @jasonkill @kyleorl I wonder if the luridness of tabloidism hasn't become more pervasive. Call it sensationalism if you prefer.

     

  • 01:00:14 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @iconmaster Serifs are libertarians in federalist clothing. Sans-serif are fascists.

     

  • 12:58:01 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @AtmanRising I am posing the question: is enthusiast really just a euphemism for tabloid?

     

  • 12:53:41 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl It's not like OK!, but I wonder if it is sensational in its celebration of things for no reason other than their existence.

     

  • 12:46:56 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl I think we're getting away from the original question though. I'm still not sure that enthusiast isn't a euphemism for tabloid.

     

  • 12:37:49 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Sure, games are a fine example. Gamasutra is a trade pub tho.

     

  • 12:33:23 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Is that range very wide? Also I'm not just thinking of games, but any enthusiast press.

     

  • 12:22:50 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: I prefer mine in a glass RT @guarnaschelli: tonight is the kind of night to have muddled blackberries, hendricks and fresh lime on a rooftop

     

  • 12:04:49 am on April 30, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Sensationalism writ large.

     

  • 11:59:46 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @KyleOrl Nice thoughts. Quick riposte: your understanding of "tabloid" is too narrow.

     

  • 11:57:10 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: Nothing is worth reporting, yet I do so anyway.

     

  • 11:11:14 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: He must not read FlyerTalk. "These people [top-tier flyers] get white-glove service," says travel analyst http://bit.ly/9IwSzd

     

  • 11:08:49 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @mikesuszek Is it fair to say that the "enthusiast" press sensationalizes everything? I mean, unboxings??

     

  • 10:46:59 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: Let's try this instead: is "enthusiast" a euphemism for "tabloid"? Discuss.

     

  • 09:50:40 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @bokista just wait til you see my Heavy Rain column

     

  • 09:03:51 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: Another gratifying Amazon PayPhrase suggestion http://yfrog.com/5mykygp

     

  • 07:57:46 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @mikesuszek this is my reaction to almost everything.

     

  • 07:54:09 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @Iroqu0isP1iskin huzzah!

     

  • 07:37:59 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @RAgamesound Que es esto?

     

  • 05:51:35 pm on April 29, 2010 |

    ibogost: @fabricalado Embarrassingly, yes.

     
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