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Reality is broken
This document discusses Jane McGonigal's work on using game design principles and elements of games to address real-world issues. It summarizes some of McGonigal's key ideas from her book Reality is Broken, including that games provide intrinsic rewards like satisfaction and social connection instead of just extrinsic rewards. It also discusses how concepts like flow and failure can create positive feelings in games and how multiplayer online games can foster collaboration. The document poses questions about the reader's own game playing and suggests games, apps, and systems that apply gaming to improve real-life activities and problems.
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Reality is broken
- 2. Psychologist, Game Designer, TED Talk Speaker, ISTE 2013 Keynote Speaker
- 5. ! The World Health OrganizaDon’s most recent survey, 2007, reported depression as the single most chronic disease beaDng heart disease, asthma, and diabetes. ! As of 2012, the World Health OrganizaDon reported more than 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression.
- 7. All games share four defining traits: 1. A goal 2. Rules 3. A feedback system 4. Voluntary parDcipaDon -‐McGonigal, p. 21
- 8. Video games include these factors, but present them out of order. In video games, "players begin each game by tackling the obstacle of not knowing what to do and not knowing how to play. It is here where players are "invited to learn as we go." -‐McGonigal, p. 26
- 9. ! Look at your device: ! How many games do you acDvely play? ! Are you playing a solitary game? ! Are you playing with a one or more players? ! When do you play this game? ! Why do you think you are playing the game?
- 10. ! The psychological concept of flow is prevalent in game design. ! Flow -‐ "the creaDve moment when a person is completely involved in an acDvity for its own sake." -‐ Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s TED Talk
- 11. ! Play is studied through posiDve psychology. ! Both wins and failures during play create endorphins that create posiDve feelings. ! The endorphins created by the failures are what keep humans engaged in the play by always aempDng to do beer than before. ! All games provide a safe place for people to fail.
- 13. Extrinsic rewards: • Paycheck • Report card grade Games offer intrinsic rewards: • SaDsfying work • The experience, or at least the hope, of being successful • Social connecDon • Meaning -‐McGonigal, p. 49
- 14. ! “Epic win describes a big, and usually surprising, success. What the world needs now are more epic wins: opportuniDes for ordinary people to do extraordinary things.” -‐McGonigal, p. 247 ! “Fiero is what we feel aaer we triumph over adversity” -‐McGonigal, p. 33
- 15. ! “Compared with games, reality is disorganized and divided. Games help us make a more concerted effort – and over Dme, they give us collaboraDon superpowers.” -‐McGonigal, p. 277
- 16. Mul9-‐Player Online Games: ! SimCity ! Spore ! World of Warcraa Collec9ve Experience: ! Common ground ! Shared concentraDon ! Synchronized environment ! Mutual regard ! CollecDve commitment ! Reciprocal rewards -‐McGonigal, p. 268-‐269
- 17. Leveling Up in Apps: ! Nike+ ! Foursquare ! “Systems that help us level up in real life, by providing us with voluntary obstacles related to our real-‐world acDvity and by giving us beer feedback, really can help us make a beer effort.” -‐McGonigal, p. 148 Leveling Up in Real Life:
- 18. ! World Without Oil ! Fold.it ! EVOKE
- 19. Badges to earn Challenges to unlock Progress bars to encourage me to complete my profile
- 21. ! Reality Is Broken book cover hp://janemcgonigal.com/2010/12/25/ hello-‐world/ ! Flow Channel hp://indiedevstories.com/2011/08/10/ game-‐theory-‐applied-‐the-‐flow-‐channel/ ! TED Talk hp://www.punchingsnakes.com/wp-‐ content/uploads/2011/03/ ted_janemcgonigal_BM.jpg ! Outliers book cover hp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_ %28book%29 ! “Epic Win” face hp://www.gamespot.com/forums/ topic/27341721/epic-‐win-‐do-‐you-‐have-‐ an-‐quotepic-‐winquot-‐face? msg_id=322601271 ! Flow book cover hp://www.goodreads.com/book/ show/66354.Flow ! Jane McGonigal on Twier hps://twier.com/avantgame hp://today.u.edu/2011/03/keeping-‐ the-‐throne-‐texas-‐tech-‐mayors-‐on-‐being-‐ at-‐the-‐top/ ! SimCity hp://www.forbes.com/sites/ johngaudiosi/2013/03/10/ea-‐maxis-‐ taking-‐simcity-‐servers-‐down-‐one-‐by-‐ one-‐to-‐upgrade-‐them/ ! Reality Is Broken meme hp://inventorspot.com/arDcles/ evoke_social_network_churns_virtual_g ame_theory_we_are_world_38623 ! World Without Oil hp://worldwithoutoil.org/ ! EVOKE hp://www.urgentevoke.com/ ! Fold.It hp://fold.it/portal/ ! TIG hp://my.Dgweb.org/badges/ ! Game Over hp://www.addiDk.com/sDckers-‐tables-‐ vika-‐amon-‐ikea-‐game-‐over.html? ___store=gb&___from_store=fr
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