inspiring world-changing creativity with games
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A talk for the Flanders DC Creativity Forum on October 21, 2010 in Antwerp.TRANSCRIPT
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Inspiring World-
Changing Creativity
with Games
Jane McGonigal, PhDDirector of Game Research & Development
Institute for the FutureOctober 21, 2010
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Game designer nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by
2023
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Do games bring
out the best in us?
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Are games a
gateway to real-
life goals?
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Do games change
who we think we
really are?
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Are games
protecting us from
real harm?
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Can games give us
real-life
superpowers?
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YES.• Games do bring out the best in us.• Games are a gateway to real-life
goals.• Games do change who we think we
really are.• Games are protecting us from real
harm.• Games can give us actual
superpowers.
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U nn e c e s s a ry o b s t a c l e s
:a re o u r “o n ” b u t t o n
• High interest and motivation• Focus on a clear goal, sense of purpose• Optimism and curiosity about the
outcome• Willingness to try something new• Social connectivity, shared experience• Stronger sense of self-efficacy• A personal story that matters
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Gameplay is the
opposite of
depression.
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Can we get an epic
win for social good?
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In 10 weeks, we enrolled 19,893 students in >130 countries
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Game designer nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by
2023
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Games give us something to do when
there is nothing to do. We thus call games ‘pastimes’ and regard them as trifling fillers of the interstices of our lives. But they are much more important than that. They are clues to the future. And their serious cultivation now is perhaps our only salvation.
—Bernard Suits, philosopher
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