Jane McGonigal
Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal is a game designer and author. She has been a returning speaker for TED talks and promotes the positive impacts playing games bestows.
In Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, McGonigal breaks down the parts that make a game a game and how games can be used to better the lives of the masses.
"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, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
"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, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
"What if we started to live our real lives like gamers, lead our real businesses and communities like game designers, and think about solving real-world problems like computer and video game theorists?" -Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World