"McGonigal is a clear, methodical writer, and her ideas are well argued.
Assertions are backed by countless psychological studies." --The
Boston Globe
"Powerful and provocative . . . McGonigal makes a persuasive case that
games have a lot to teach us about how to make our lives, and the world,
better." --San Jose Mercury News
"Jane McGonigal's insights have the elegant, compact, deadly simplicity
of plutonium, and the same explosive force." --Cory Doctorow, author
of Little Brother
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A visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games
to boost global happiness.**
With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a
world where every generation will be a gamer generation. But why, Jane
McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment alone?
In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of
games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like
depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and climate
change-and introduces us to cutting-edge games that are already changing
the business, education, and nonprofit worlds. Written for gamers and
non-gamers alike, Reality Is Broken shows that the future will belong
to those who can understand, design, and play games.
Jane McGonigal is also the author of SuperBetter: A Revolutionary
Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient.