Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we? — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
'Superbetter' looks more like a social media platform or a social network than a typical video game. You know, there aren't any… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When we're in game worlds, I believe that many of us become the best version of ourselves: the most likely to help… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Game designers are obsessed with emotion. How do we create the emotions that we want gamers to feel, and how can we… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
The Gamifaction Movement is trying to help companies engage their audience and community by using game mechanics and wrapping them around shopping… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are… — 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
If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it. — 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
I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I remember the first year at the Game Developers Conference I wore these big red giant knee-high boots. Nobody cared. You can… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
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 Image
