McGonigal says that all of the Farmville or World of Warcraft you, your kids and the conference attendees are playing could actually lead to positive things like an end to poverty and solutions to climate change. PAX East, the big video gaming industry conference, is heading to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center this weekend. She's hoping they'll put down those Angry Birds for a minute and listen, comment and participate in the show. McGonigal wants gamers to come out blinking into the sunlight and use their gaming skills to solve global problems. She's not a doctor, though, or a human rights lawyer, or a non-profit CEO - she's a gamer. In this atmospheric debut, a young Native girl investigates the mysterious disappearance of women from her tribes reservation. Jane McGonigal is a future thinking super-guru. Reality Is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World By: Jane McGonigal Narrated by: Julia Whelan Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins 4.2 (956 ratings) Try for 0. World-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal knows that videogames are fulfilling genuine human needs, and in Reality is Broken she shows how game designers. Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 12 years old.
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