![]() ![]() ![]() From a perspective that orients objects at the center, Bogost asked and, at least in part, answered a series of questions: A concept that is millennia old has slipped through many different meanings over time.Ĭombining his expertise in video games, philosophy, technology, and cultural critique, Ian Bogost presented a revised theory of irony that addresses the failure to earnestly encounter the outside world. But this critique of irony is hardly new-we’ve been hearing it incessantly for two decades – and it is not even really clear what irony is, anyway. ![]() There has been much talk of irony as an aesthetic penchant, an affectation of hipsters, and a failure to be earnest or true to oneself. IAN BOGOST // IRONOIA: THE MISTRUST OF THINGS ![]()
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