Jane McGonigal Thinking Quotations

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use.

It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5

Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive.

Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.

It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.