If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
You can't play the same game every day for years. New games are key. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When parents or gamers ask me, 'What's the best game to play?' I say that playing face-to-face is more beneficial than playing… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress.… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games.… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling,… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they're more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I want gaming to be something that everybody does, because they understand that games can be a real solution to problems and… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely, looking for… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
“Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your dreams and… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It's so… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
“Traditionally, we have needed instructions in order to play a game. But now we’re often invited to learn as we go.” — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
“No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happiness—by working hard… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling, new vision… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
“Gamers who have grown up being intensely engaged by well-designed virtual environments are hungry for better forms of engagement in their real lives. They’re… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
I ran through most of college and ran through most of grad school. When I was writing my dissertation for my Ph.D., it was… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we? — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share
