Jane McGonigal

Although I'm perceived as very optimistic and upbeat, it comes out of being the opposite of that - feeling isolated or lonely,…

— Jane McGonigal

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope…

— Jane McGonigal

“Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your…

— Jane McGonigal

We've been playing games since humanity had civilization - there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games.…

— Jane McGonigal

“Traditionally, we have needed instructions in order to play a game. But now we’re often invited to learn as we go.”

— 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…

— 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.

— Jane McGonigal

Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling,…

— 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…

— Jane McGonigal

Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.

— Jane McGonigal

We are moving towards a new form of collective intelligence.

— 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.,…

— Jane McGonigal

Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?

— Jane McGonigal

There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.

— 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…

— Jane McGonigal

“Nesse’s research focuses on the evolutionary origins of depression. Why does depression exist at all? If it’s stayed in our gene pool…

— Jane McGonigal

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge -…

— Jane McGonigal

“A crowd carries the social authority to redefine norms.”

— Jane McGonigal

For most people, an hour a day playing our favorite games will power up our ability to engage whole-heartedly with difficult challenges,…

— Jane McGonigal

Game designers are obsessed with emotion. How do we create the emotions that we want gamers to feel, and how can we…

— Jane McGonigal

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

I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to…

— Jane McGonigal

Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle.

— Jane McGonigal

I want gaming to be something that everybody does, because they understand that games can be a real solution to problems and…

— Jane McGonigal

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

— Jane McGonigal