Author: Jane McGonigal

Quotes

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

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

- Jane McGonigal

I don't want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world.

I don't want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world.

- Jane McGonigal

Game designers are obsessed with emotion. How do we create the emotions that we want gamers to feel, and how can we really make it this intense, emotional experience?

Game designers are obsessed with emotion. How do we create the emotions that we want gamers to feel, and how can we really make it this intense, emotional experience?

- Jane McGonigal

The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life.

The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life.

- Jane McGonigal

The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.

The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time.

- Jane McGonigal

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 online.

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 online.

- Jane McGonigal

Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing.

Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing.

- 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.

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

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