“If you think about the contexts in which we talk about things being fun, often there's a certain kind of misery or effort that's involved with it. The difficulty of travel, getting all your bags packed and your work done and navigating the airports and all that. That sort of struggle.” IfsThinkingKindDoneCertainFunEffortStruggleInvolvedDifficultyMiseryBagsAirportsWork Done Author:Ian Bogost
“My wife, there's certain kinds of housework that she just doesn't see as necessary to do in the way that I do. Things like the state of our closet or where things are in the kitchen. I have this almost unhealthily obsessive desire to have things in their place and she just totally doesn't. And this is a potential point of conflict, of course.” WayKindStatesDesireCertainCoursesWifeConflictMy WifeKitchenClosetsObsessiveHousework Author:Ian Bogost
“There are also many things my wife can't stand about me, and there are certain capacities that she has that are different than mine. The trick is to find compatibilities.” DifferentCertainWifeMinesCapacityMy WifeTricksCompatibility Author:Ian Bogost