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 Read Quote
The single biggest misconception about games is that they’re an escapist waste of time. Jane McGonigal Read Quote
Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they’re more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So it’s an interesting relationship where the games aren’t replacing something we do in real life, they’re serving as a springboard to a goal we might have in real life, like learning to play an instrument. Jane McGonigal Read Quote
I don’t want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world. Jane McGonigal Read Quote
I remember the first year at the Game Developers Conference I wore these big red giant knee-high boots. Nobody cared. You can wear anything you love, because that’s what you do in games. You make yourself who you want to be. Jane McGonigal Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
