Jane McGonigal Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a five-minute game that focuses my mind and gives me extra attention when I'm stressed.”

“Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?”

“A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched.”

“There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew.”

“Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.”

“Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.”

“I don't want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world.”

“I'm always thinking about whatever game I'm working on. My brain works subconsciously on design pretty much every hour I'm awake.”

“I remember the first year at the Game Developers Conference I wore these big red giant knee-high boots. Nobody cared. You can wear anything you love, because that's what you do in games. You make yourself who you want to be.”

“Surveys of thousands of gamers have shown that they're more likely to play real music if they play a music videogame. So it's an interesting relationship where the games aren't replacing something we do in real life, they're serving as a springboard to a goal we might have in real life, like learning to play an instrument.”