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Reality is Broken

Reality is Broken

Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

by Jane McGonigal
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/04/2012
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How we can harness the power of games to solve real world problems and improve our lives.

We are living in a world full of games.
More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers.
The average young person will spend 10,000 hours gaming by the age of twenty-one.
The future belongs to those who play games.

In this ground-breaking book, visionary game designer Jane McGonigaI challenges conventional thinking and shows that games - far from being simply escapist entertainment - have the potential not only to radically improve our own lives but to change the world.
ISBN:
9780099540281
9780099540281
Category:
Impact of science & technology on society
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-04-2012
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
416
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x30mm
Weight:
0.36kg
Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal, Ph.D. is the Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future. Her work has been featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times; and on MTV, CNN, and NPR. In 2009, BusinessWeek called her one of the 10 most important innovators to watch. She has given keynote addresses at TED, South by Southwest Interactive, the Game Developers Conference and was a featured speaker at The New Yorker Conference.

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