But why, Jane McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and climate change-and introduces us to cutting-edge games that are already changing the business, education, and nonprofit worlds. With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a world where every generation will be a gamer generation. McGonigal makes a persuasive case that games have a lot to teach us about how to make our lives, and the world, better." - San Jose Mercury News "Jane McGonigal's insights have the elegant, compact, deadly simplicity of plutonium, and the same explosive force." - Cory Doctorow, author of Little BrotherĪ visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games to boost global happiness. Assertions are backed by countless psychological studies." - The Boston Globe "Powerful and provocative. About the Book Visionary game designer McGonigal reveals how we can harness the power of games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness.īook Synopsis "McGonigal is a clear, methodical writer, and her ideas are well argued.
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