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Jane Mcgonigal - Gaming Can make a Better World

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Vinx
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada259 Posts
July 27 2010 17:40 GMT
#1
found quite a gem on ted.com talking about how games may help change the world in a positive way rather than the general media negativity these days. quite a great talk that refers to WoW alot. I can see sc2 doing this 10 fold. enjoy

http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

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unit
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2621 Posts
July 27 2010 17:46 GMT
#2
i feel like ive seen this before...but i dont know why...puzling
ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
July 27 2010 17:52 GMT
#3
Have you ever seen a whale, with a polka dot tail?
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iNCuBuS_
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States905 Posts
July 27 2010 18:15 GMT
#4
Very interesting. Watching it now. It seems kind of farfetched, and she even acknowledges that, but Im seeing where she takes it
DemiSe
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
883 Posts
July 27 2010 18:53 GMT
#5
Pretty interesting. Although the video crashed when I was half through the video. Editing when I've seen the full video.
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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
July 27 2010 19:25 GMT
#6
hmm interesting,
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Ir0nClad
Profile Joined May 2006
United States27 Posts
September 20 2011 13:45 GMT
#7
So I was sent a link to an interesting article:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/18/7802623-gamers-solve-molecular-puzzle-that-baffled-scientists

There are a couple of points that stood out to me:

1. It took less than 10 days for gamers in a collaborative enviornment to solve the decade long mystery
2. "Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans"

In response to this article, someone else brought up the link of the OP, and after watching it, there is some interesting stuff: most notably that we are virtuoso gamers, or those who have spent 10,000 hours playing games by the age of 21 - the same amount of time that students in the united states spend in their entire grade school career.

What is the biggest wiki in the world on one subject? World of Warcraft.

Jane, in her speech, closes with this question:

What do you think happens next when we have millions, and soon to be billions, of virtuosos that have the four superpowers: Blissful productivity, social fabric, urgent optimism, and epic meaning?
Kukaracha
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
France1954 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-20 15:20:13
September 20 2011 15:17 GMT
#8
Wow, this is hilarious actually.

It's also quite hypocritical since the main interests of the biggest game companies is to have people "hooked" on games. Much like drug dealers really.
Le long pour l'un pour l'autre est court (le mot-à-mot du mot "amour").
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