Quotes by Playing Games I love the idea of expanding the universe of games to some extent. At one point, they were kind of limited to boys, fanboys and whatever. I like the idea of liberation for games. James Patterson playing-gamesboysideas There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that. Jane McGonigal playing-gamesoptimismbelieve The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time. Jane McGonigal playing-gameswasting-timewaste 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 deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases. Jane McGonigal playing-gameshumanitycivilization It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games. Jane McGonigal playing-gameslonerthinking Compared with games, reality is disconnected. Jane McGonigal playing-gamesgamesreality It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens. Jane McGonigal playing-gamesbreathingstress Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing. Jane McGonigal playing-gamesabout-yourselffeel-good If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games. You have not been wasting your time. You have been building up a wealth of virtual experience that, as the first half of this book will show you, can teach you about your true self: what your core strengths are, what really motivates you, and what make you happiest. Jane McGonigal playing-gamesregretbook Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value-that they have stopped playing the asset game. They're not buying because it's a company with certain attributes. They're buying because the price is rising. People are playing games not related to any concept at all of what the long-term value of the enterprise is. And they know it. Jeremy Grantham playing-gameslongideas With pro-gaming that's one of the toughest parts - living game to game. Jeremy Lin gamingplaying-gamesgames Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic. Jesse Schell playing-gamesagegames I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung. Jill Scott playing-gameskidsthinking I think a lot of people feel that they are just not listened to, and that the politicians in Washington are just playing games with each other and forgetting about their constituents. Joe Lieberman playing-gamespeoplethinking Software development takes immense intellectual effort. Even the best programmers can rarely sustain that level of effort for more than a few hours a day. Beyond that, they need to rest their brains a bit, which is why they always seem to be surfing the Internet or playing games when you barge in on them. Joel Spolsky playing-gamessurfingeffort Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience. Johan Huizinga playing-gamesfunctionspecial I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun. John Romero playing-gamesfunthinking President Obama has outsourced a major portion of the U.S. space program to the Russians. That's national policy. Taxpayer money. So let's stop playing games with this outsourcing distortion and talk about the fact that when we need is a president that knows how to manage big enterprise and create jobs. John Sununu playing-gamesspacejobs All work and no play doesn't just make Jill and Jack dull, it kills the potential of discovery, mastery, and openness to change and flexibility and it hinders innovation and invention. Joline Godfrey playing-gamescreativityhumor I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he's talking about, 'Aw yeah, I slit this guy in the throat and then I stuck a grenade up this guy's ass.' He's describing it in all this detail, and that makes me uncomfortable. I don't think that's good for him. Jonathan Gottschall playing-gamesdoorsthinking«123456»
