How gaming can change the world

by Xx InStyle76 xX in Gaming, Geekery, Tech | Permalink

March 24, 2010 – 2:32 pm

Just saw this awesome keynote on TED Talks and wanted to share it with you guys. Jane McGonigal explains how we can take values and lessons learned while playing video games and apply them to solving real-world problems.

If you’re as inspired as I am, check out Jane’s work at these sites:

AvantGame
AvantGame Blog
AvantGame on SlideShare
Institute for the Future

Let me know what you think below!

1 Comment | Tags: avant game, avantgame, Gaming, iftf, institute for the future, jane mcgonigal, mcgonigal, ted, ted talks, Video Games, warcraft, world of warcraft, wow

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