Escapists Quote by Jane McGonigal Download Open image “The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.” — Jane McGonigal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Escapists Games Misconception Playing games Time Waste Waste of time Wasting time
We have to accept as a society that games are not escapist. They really do change us. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
The biggest misconception about my game is my love for it. This is what I want to do. I owe this thing my life.… — Mohamed Bamba Copy Share Image
There are many people in the industry that know nothing about games. — Hiroshi Yamauchi Copy Share Image
There are big lines between those who play video games and those who do not. For those who don't, video games are irrelevant. They… — Shigeru Miyamoto Copy Share Image
The knowledge that all the games are created by the community, it gives the opportunity to try exploratory gaming concepts. Our developers take larger… — David Baszucki Copy Share Image
I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Games are quite shy at talking about different things. Most are about facing hordes of monsters or saving the world or whatever; few games… — David Cage Copy Share Image
When gamers look at games not as overall experiences but as chimeric potpourris of sight and sound, we take too mechanical a perspective and… — Jason Schreier 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
There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line, there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
Escape into the dream. Escape, a key thing charged against these drugs, that they are for escapists. I think the people who make this… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I would like to mention some preparations that were required of me. The first preparation is to take a right attitude toward life. This… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is also music… — Tuomas Holopainen Copy Share Image
I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing and directing… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I stand, limited primitive, sentimentalist, escapist The way I shape this landscape, automatically makes this, vivid I give it a rivet, hold it, stand… — Aceyalone Copy Share Image
My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
Most people who are on the road are pretty damaged. It's an escapist's life. It's not a life that forces you to look in… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
My music is homegrown from the garden of New Orleans. Music is everything to me short of breathing. Music also has a role to… — Allen Toussaint Copy Share Image
I like to watch MTV for escapist pleasure, but when I saw Snooki, I saw my twin. I couldn't lose myself in the show… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image