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Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal
American Designer
Born: Oct 21, 1977
Game Gamers Games Life People You
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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.' Jane McGonigal
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Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around. Jane McGonigal
Worth Win Sit Gamers Believe Possible Around Always Trying Epic Now
For most people, an hour a day playing our favorite games will power up our ability to engage whole-heartedly with difficult challenges, strengthen our relationships with the people we care about most - while still letting us notice when it's time to stop playing in virtual worlds and bring our gamer strengths back to real life. Jane McGonigal
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If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it. Jane McGonigal
You Game Matter Will Gamers Make Making Motivation Your Play
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. Jane McGonigal
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When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a five-minute game that focuses my mind and gives me extra attention when I'm stressed. Jane McGonigal
Life Me You Game Mind My Life Fall Extra Favorite Out Gives Attention Balloons Five-Minute Prizes Where Pop Stressed Stressful
In the future, I think it's pretty plausible that collective intelligence tools and skills will be important in order to be a part of global dialog, global business, and global creativity. People who know how to negotiate collective intelligence networks are going to be in a good position to contribute to global society. Jane McGonigal
Future Good Business Creativity People Intelligence Will Collective Important Think Society Tools Negotiate Pretty Networks Part Global Know How Dialog Contribute Going Order Skills Who Plausible Position
Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we? Jane McGonigal
Work Game Every Bono Lawyers Make Pro Explicitly Should Why Designer
There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers. Jane McGonigal
People Gamers Very Games Who
Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely, looking for meaning and the kinds of things that ease that suffering in life, and finding them in large-scale social interaction, like theater and games. Jane McGonigal
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Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation. Jane McGonigal
Health Good Situation Evidence Weak Ability Having Handle Social Really Your Connections Even Shows Stressful
Positive health means becoming whole-heartedly engaged with our own health care. It means not outsourcing our health to the health care system. It means getting rid of the fear and paralysis we too often feel, and instead cultivating a sense of agency. Jane McGonigal
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I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use. Jane McGonigal
Buy People Think Worry Marketing Worst Possible Would Would-Be About More Stuff Lot Get Just Which Use Games Using
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. Jane McGonigal
Game Challenges People More Fired Developers Feel Know Up Epic Large Fun Groups Large Groups
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students. Jane McGonigal
Teacher Mom School Students School Teacher Grade Public Public School Works Third
We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence. Jane McGonigal
Intelligence Collective Towards New Form Moving
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. Jane McGonigal
Depression Own Sense Energy Lack Capabilities Your Speaking Pessimistic
I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him. Jane McGonigal
School Run High Running High School Since Him Track Boyfriend Been Team
In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis. Jane McGonigal
Entertainment Crisis Comfort Level
Things like depression and obesity are global challenges. Jane McGonigal
Depression Challenges Obesity Like Global Things
A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched. Jane McGonigal
Dramatic Oil Availability Far-Fetched Decrease

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