How Can Video Games Improve Our Real Lives?
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Friday, March 27, 2015
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Game designer Jane McGonigal says we need to harness the beneficial aspects of video games.
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About Jane McGonigal's TED Talk
When Jane McGonigal was bedridden after a concussion, she gave herself a prescription: play a game. She says games helped her get better, and for many of us, virtual games can improve our real lives. Here's her first TED Talk about using games to solve real world problems:
About Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal is a researcher of games and Director of Games Research & Development at the Institute for the Future. She is the author of the book Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World. Several years ago she suffered a serious concussion; she created a collaborative multiplayer game to get through it, called Superbetter.
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