
Reality Is Broken
Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
by Jane Mcgonigal
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appears in Video Game, Game Design, and Psychology.
More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. The average young person in the UK will spend 10,000 hours gaming by the age of twentyone. What's causing this mass exodus According to worldrenowned game designer Jane McGonigal the answer is simple: videogames are fulfilling genuine human needs. Drawing on positive psychology, cognitive science...
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