Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigal
Jane McGonigalis an American game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes and collaboration in a real world context...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth21 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
prepared stand
I don't do 'gamification,' and I'm not prepared to stand up and say, 'I think it works.'
gives talks whenever
Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing.
alternate officially production reason
There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.
conference developers giant love nobody remember wear wore year
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.
In entertainment, we have a comfort level with crisis.
games world lawyer
Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?
running thinking my-favorite
My favorite part of running is the thinking time.
stress social-network boost
We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.
challenges obesity
Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.
thinking games worry
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.
games people economy
Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.
oil availability dramatic
A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched.
reality games rewards
Games are providing rewards that reality is not.
important pushing enough
Any time I consider a new project, I ask myself, is this pushing the state of gaming toward Nobel Prizes? If it's not, then it's not doing anything important enough to spend my time.