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
play people benefits
There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.
games people gamer
There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers.
energy pessimistic capability
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy.
motivation games play
If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.
use knows
When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.
running team school
I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him.
mom teacher school
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students.
games want designer
I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.
growing-up anxiety growing
Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.
stay-happy harder acquire
The more we consume, acquire, and elevate our status, the harder it is to stay happy.
thinking games design
Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.
real games suffering
I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness.
games long trying
When we're in game worlds, we become the best version of ourselves, the most likely to help at a moment's notice, the most likely to stick with a problem as long at it takes, to get up after failure and try again.
stress focus research
Research shows that when we're under stress or facing a major obstacle, we tend to focus on our weaknesses and what we're afraid of.