Week 6

Jane mcgonigal is a game designer who asks the question “Why doesnt the real world work more like an online game?” In her work she creates games that use moblie and digital tecnology to turn everyday spaces into playing fields. Her game-world insights can explain and improve the way we learn, work, solve problems and live our lives. Mcgonigal released a book called Reality is Broken which looks as why games make us happy and how they can change the world. In 2010 Mcgonigal gave a TED talk that discusses this topic. She explained how games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds and incentive to learn certain habits for success. She talks about how to harness the gamer power to solves real world problems.

Reality is Broken by Jane Mcgonigal