Reality Is Broken
by Jane McGonigal
Games satisfy human needs reality often does not: clear goals, feedback, voluntary challenge, epic meaning. How to borrow game design for real problems. Optimistic and influential.
Read it if…
you want to understand why games grip people and use it well.
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Skip it if…
you dislike games.
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Three things you will actually use
- Goals, rules, feedback, voluntary participation.
- Engineer real-world epic wins.
- Play fixes reality.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the four defining traits of games.
Our verdict
Games and reality.
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