Jane McGonigal Quotes

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• A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.

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  Opportunity, Emotional, Opposites

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.30, Penguin

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  Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

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  Change, Serious Illness, Smoking

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• When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Determination

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• Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Reality

  "Gaming can make a better world". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2010.

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• Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

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  Believe, Epic, Winning

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• There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.

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  Believe, Playing Games, Optimism

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• When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

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  Stress, Games, Play

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

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  Motivation, Real, Inspiration

  "Gamers for good". "Future Tense" with Antony Funnell, www.abc.net.au. October 20, 2013.

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• Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the game.

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  Real, Games, Play

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I want gaming to be something that everybody does, because they understand that games can be a real solution to problems and a real source of happiness. I want games to be something everybody learns how to design and develop, because they understand that games are a real platform for change and getting things done. And I want families, schools, companies, industries, cities, countries, and the whole world to come together to play them, because we’re finally making games that tackle real dilemmas and improve real lives.

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  Country, Real, School

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• What's really amazing about games is how they change our emotional response to challenges

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  Emotional, Games, Challenges

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• We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It's so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases.

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  Playing Games, Civilization, Humanity

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• When we're in game worlds, I believe that many of us become the best version of ourselves - the most likely to help at a moment's notice, the most likely to stick with a problem as long at it takes, to get up after failure and try again.

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  Games, Long, Trying

  "Gaming can make a better world". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2010.

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• The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.

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  Playing Games, Waste, Wasting Time

  "Video Games: An Hour A Day Is Key To Success In Life" by Jane McGonigal, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2011.

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• Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.

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  Fun, Epic, Games

  "TED 2010: Reality Is Broken. Game Designers Must Fix It". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 11, 2010.

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• I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things

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  Accomplish, I Realized, Wrong Things

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• Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

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  Reality, Playing Games, Games

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.67, Penguin

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• Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.

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  Thinking, Games, Design

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.18, Penguin

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• I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness.

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  Real, Games, Suffering

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.16, Penguin

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• If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Negative

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• The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life.

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  Real, Ideas, People

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• If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest.

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  Regret, Book, Playing Games

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• Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle.

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  Games, Volunteer, Obstacles

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• When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.

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  Games, Differences, Goal

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.23, Penguin

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• It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.

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  Thinking, Playing Games, Loner

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.63, Penguin

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