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
Jane McGonigal quotes about
use knows
When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.
fun epic games
Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.
motivation games play
If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.
optimism desire obstacles
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.
powerful real challenges
The real world just doesn’t offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments. Reality doesn’t motivate us as effectively. Reality isn’t engineered to maximize our potential. Reality wasn’t designed from the bottom up to make us happy.
mom teacher school
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
running team school
I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him.
brain patterns needs
You need to develop mental habits that allow you to activate the same brain patterns we activate during gameplay.
stress breathing games
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.
real games play
I'm not a fan of simulations. Where, 'Oh, we'll go play a simulation of world peace and figure out how to make peace' and then somehow magically that will get translated into the real world. No, that's not the kind of games that I make.
stay-happy harder acquire
The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.
growing-up anxiety growing
Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.
running thinking my-favorite
My favorite part of running is the thinking time.
challenges obesity
Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.