My only gaming experience comes at the hands of my nephew, Cole. Each time I visit him, he has a new game to humiliate me. I’ve crashed luxury race cars, fallen over cliffs racing cows and been boo’ed out of the guitar band. Don’t even ask about flying airplanes! So this TED talk fascinated me. Gamers can save the world?!
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how. “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.” (Jane McGonigal)
Jane McGonigal TED presentation.
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