Jane McGonigal

ThinkersBorn 1977Game designer and researcher

Works

  • Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Penguin Press, 2011

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Known for

A game designer and director of game research at the Institute for the Future whose popular book argues that games satisfy needs everyday life often leaves unmet, such as satisfying work, social connection, and meaning, and that game design can be applied to real problems.

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