![]() ![]() McGonigal is also adept at showing how good games expose the alarming insubstantiality of much everyday experience. ![]() in performance from the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, has been recognized as one of the early game designers and researchers that initiated the inquiry of the positive values of digital games in the contemporary society. McGonigal is persuasive and precise in explaining how games can transform our approach to those things we know we should do. Jane McGonigal, a digital game designer who earned her Ph.D. McGonigal brilliantly deconstructs the components of good game design before parlaying them into a recipe for changing the offline, 'real' world' Literary Review Gamers can change reality - McGonigal proves that. I found as I read through her book I had already begin to feel empowered and make notes on the games I'd like to look into. It has been strange to read a book which claims that reality is listless, uninspiring and broken compared to computer games as the Arab revolutions swarm. An intriguing and thought-provoking book New StatesmanÄespite her expertise, McGonigal's book is never overly technical, and as with a good computer game, anyone, regardless of gaming experience, is likely to get sucked in New Scientist ![]()
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