--- title: "19 Game Quotes By Jane McGonigal" description: "19 Game quotes by Jane McGonigal. Plus more from Jane McGonigal and more Game sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it_1380447.png" --- > [Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it-work-more-like-a-game/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it_1380447.png) > [I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated-for-a-nobel-prize/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/jane-mcgonigal-6871_designer_i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated_2473135.png) > [Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/reality-is-broken-game-designers-can-fix-it/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-game-designers-can-fix_1139264.png) > [Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/game-design-isn-t-just-a-technological-craft-it-s-a-twenty-first/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/jane-mcgonigal-6871_century_game-design-isn-t-just-a-technological-c_2798703.png) > [There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/there-s-no-reason-why-the-lost-alternate-reality-game-had-to-be/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/jane-mcgonigal-6871_alternate_there-s-no-reason-why-the-lost-alternate_1637521.png) > [Game designers are obsessed with emotion. How do we create the emotions that we want gamers to feel, and how can we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/game-designers-are-obsessed-with-emotion-how-do-we-create-the/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/jane-mcgonigal-6871_create_game-designers-are-obsessed-with-emotion_602584.png) > [I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/i-m-always-thinking-about-whatever-game-i-m-working-on-my-brain-works/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/jane-mcgonigal-6871_about_i-m-always-thinking-about-whatever-game_2269676.png) > [Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/every-game-designer-should-make-one-explicitly-world-changing-game/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/jane-mcgonigal-6871_designer_every-game-designer-should-make-one-expl_355625.png) > [Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/game-developers-know-that-people-have-more-fun-when-they-re-in-large/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/jane-mcgonigal-6871_challenges_game-developers-know-that-people-have-mo_2179937.png) > [If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/if-you-make-it-a-game-gamers-will-play-it-no-matter-what-your/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/jane-mcgonigal-6871_game_if-you-make-it-a-game-gamers-will-play-i_2181019.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/when-parents-or-gamers-ask-me-what-s-the-best-game-to-play-i-say-that/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/jane-mcgonigal-6871_ask_when-parents-or-gamers-ask-me-what-s-the_2091775.png) > [When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/when-my-life-is-stressful-my-favorite-game-is-called-pop-it-where-you/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/jane-mcgonigal-6871_attention_when-my-life-is-stressful-my-favorite-ga_1788485.png) > [I remember the first year at the Game Developers Conference I wore these big red giant knee-high boots. Nobody cared. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/i-remember-the-first-year-at-the-game-developers-conference-i-wore/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/jane-mcgonigal-6871_anything_i-remember-the-first-year-at-the-game-de_1830207.png) > [When we're in game worlds, I believe that many of us become the best version of ourselves: the most likely to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/when-we-re-in-game-worlds-i-believe-that-many-of-us-become-the-best/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b79/jane-mcgonigal-6871_after_when-we-re-in-game-worlds-i-believe-that_633601.png) > ['Superbetter' looks more like a social media platform or a social network than a typical video game. You know, there aren't any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/superbetter-looks-more-like-a-social-media-platform-or-a-social/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/jane-mcgonigal-6871_about_superbetter-looks-more-like-a-social-med_1320150.jpg) > [A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/a-game-is-an-opportunity-to-focus-our-energy-with-relentless-optimism/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/jane-mcgonigal-6871_depression_a-game-is-an-opportunity-to-focus-our-en_428665.png) > [The Gamifaction Movement is trying to help companies engage their audience and community by using game mechanics and wrapping them around shopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/the-gamifaction-movement-is-trying-to-help-companies-engage-their/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/jane-mcgonigal-6871_achievements_the-gamifaction-movement-is-trying-to-he_821737.png) > [When we're in game worlds, we become the best version of ourselves, the most likely to help at a moment's notice, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/when-we-re-in-game-worlds-we-become-the-best-version-of-ourselves-the/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/jane-mcgonigal-6871_failure_when-we-re-in-game-worlds-we-become-the_3028514.jpg) > [Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/every-game-we-play-activates-our-brain-and-it-s-the-same-brain-we/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/jane-mcgonigal-6871_activate_every-game-we-play-activates-our-brain-a_2460476.png) ## Other authors on Game - [Fernando Tatis Jr 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/fernando-tatis-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-a-j-green-8476.jpg) A. J. Green 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/a-j-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-scottie-pippen-83744.jpg) Scottie Pippen 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/scottie-pippen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tim-sweeney-90956.jpg) Tim Sweeney 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/tim-sweeney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-joe-root-6168.jpg) Joe Root 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/joe-root/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-dillon-brooks-6667.jpg) Dillon Brooks 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/dillon-brooks/) - [Stephen Curry 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/stephen-curry/) - [Nikola Jokic 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/nikola-jokic/) - [Max Scherzer 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/max-scherzer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-mason-mount-6518.jpg) Mason Mount 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/mason-mount/) - [Khris Middleton 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/khris-middleton/) - [Doris Burke 18 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/doris-burke/) ## More by Jane McGonigal > [Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely, looking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/although-i-m-perceived-as-very-optimistic-and-upbeat-it-comes-out-of/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/urgent-optimism-is-the-desire-to-act-immediately-to-tackle-an/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [“Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your dreams and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/over-time-even-the-tiniest-meaningful-actions-add-up-each-one/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/we-ve-been-playing-games-since-humanity-had-civilization-there-is/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [“Traditionally, we have needed instructions in order to play a game. But now we’re often invited to learn as we go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/traditionally-we-have-needed-instructions-in-order-to-play-a-game-but/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/no-object-no-event-no-outcome-or-life-circumstance-can-deliver-real/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/gamers-always-believe-that-an-epic-win-is-possible-and-that-it-s/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling, new vision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/cory-doctorow-is-a-fast-and-furious-storyteller-who-gets-all-the/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/gamers-who-have-grown-up-being-intensely-engaged-by-well-designed/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/games-are-work-there-are-economies-popping-up-in-games-now-because/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/we-are-moving-towards-a-new-form-of-collective-intelligence/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/i-ran-through-most-of-college-and-ran-through-most-of-grad-school/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/every-game-designer-should-make-one-explicitly-world-changing-game/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/there-are-people-who-are-very-dismissive-of-games-and-gamers/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/a-game-is-an-opportunity-to-focus-our-energy-with-relentless-optimism/) [Jane McGonigal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mcgonigal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/game/jane-mcgonigal/#itemlist", "name": "19 Game Quotes By Jane McGonigal", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane McGonigal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it-work-more-like-a-game/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it_1380447.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it_1380447.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/jane-mcgonigal-6871_broken_reality-is-broken-and-we-need-to-make-it_1380447.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.” — Jane McGonigal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane McGonigal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mcgonigal/i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated-for-a-nobel-prize/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/jane-mcgonigal-6871_designer_i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated_2473135.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/jane-mcgonigal-6871_designer_i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated_2473135.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/jane-mcgonigal-6871_designer_i-want-to-see-a-game-designer-nominated_2473135.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.” — Jane McGonigal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reality is broken. 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