Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. Jane McGonigal More Quotes by Jane McGonigal More Quotes From Jane McGonigal 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-games loner thinking 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 real people ideas Compared with games, reality is disconnected. Jane McGonigal playing-games games reality When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation. Jane McGonigal differences goal games I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make. Jane McGonigal real games play Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic. Jane McGonigal epic games fun Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling, new vision of how these games might play out in the high-stakes context of a terrorist attack. Little Brother is a brilliant novel with a bold argument: hackers and gamers might just be our country's best hope for the future. Jane McGonigal brother country reality Games are such a powerful intervention in health and wellness. Jane McGonigal wellness powerful I don't want to be a saint; I just want to help people. Jane McGonigal saint helping people It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5 Jane McGonigal technology past thinking Growing up, I was prone to anxiety. Jane McGonigal anxiety growing growing-up Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we? Jane McGonigal lawyer games world Things like depression and obesity are global challenges. Jane McGonigal obesity challenges I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use. Jane McGonigal games people thinking Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them. Jane McGonigal economy games people Games are providing rewards that reality is not. Jane McGonigal rewards games reality The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy. Jane McGonigal stay-happy acquire harder A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched. Jane McGonigal availability dramatic oil 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-games breathing stress You can't play the same game every day for years. New games are key. Jane McGonigal keys games years
