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Jane Mcgonigal - Gaming Can make a Better World

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Vinx 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

unit United States2621 Posts July 27 2010 17:46 GMT #2 i feel like ive seen this before...but i dont know why...puzling

ZaplinG United States3818 Posts July 27 2010 17:52 GMT #3 Have you ever seen a whale, with a polka dot tail?

iNCuBuS_ 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 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.

YPang United States4024 Posts July 27 2010 19:25 GMT #6 hmm interesting,

Ir0nClad 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 France1954 Posts 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.

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