Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal (born October 21, 1977) is an American game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes ^{[ welke? ]} And collaboration in a real world context.

Biography

Early years

McGonigal was brought` up in New Jersey. Her parents are teachers and emphasized intellectual attainment. She has an Identical twin sister, Kelly McGonigal , who is a well Berninahaus Psychologist.

Studies

McGonigal RECEIVED re BA in English from Fordham University in 1999, ^[1] and re PhD in performance studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006. ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

After earning re BA in English, she started ontwikkelingslanden re first commercial games. In 2006, at the age of 28, she earned a PhD in performance studies and continued ontwikkelingslanden games. In 2009, she suffers a debilitating Concussion dat helped re in the development of a game, Jane the Concussion Slayer , for treating process re Concussion and other similar conditions. The game was later renamed SuperBetter . In 2011, re first book was published. Her sister Kelly is a Psychologist and author ook een.

Philosophy

McGonigal writes and speaks about alternate reality games and Massively multiplayer online gaming , met name about the way therein collective intelligence kan be generated and-used as a Means for Improving the quality of human life or working towards the solution of social ills. She has stated therein gaming arnt be moving “towards Nobel Prizes .” ^[4] McGonigal has bone called “the current public face of gamification “. ^[5] on Despite this, McGonigal has objected to the be, stating, “I do not do ‘gamification, and I’m not Prepared to stand up and say I think it works, I do not think anybody arnt make games to try to Motivate somebody to do something they ‘do not because to do. If the game is not about a goal you’re intrinsically Motivated by, it will not work. ” ^[6]

Career

If a designer McGonigal became Berninahaus for location-based and alternate reality games . ^[7] She has taught game design and game studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2008 she became the Director of Game Research and Development at Institute for the Future ^[8] and in 2012 Chief Creative Officer at SuperBetter Labs. ^[9]

Games

Jane has leg ontwikkelingslanden commercial games since 2006, some or welke are listed when the following chart:

SuperBetter

In July 2009 Jane suffers a Concussion after hitting re head in her office. The symptoms ulcers severe and lasted for verschillende weeks, and led to re feeling suicidal. She requested re friends give re tasks to do lycra day. ^[6]Wanting to Recover from re condition, she created a game to treat it. The game was initially called Jane the Concussion Slayer- (after Buffy the Vampire Slayer ), dan renamed to SuperBetter . ^[14] McGonigal was loveable to raise $ 1 million to fund an expanded version of the game. ^[6]

Additionally, she has collaborated on commissioned games for the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles . ^{[ Citation needed ]}

Books

On January 20, 2011, McGonigal’s first book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make us Better and How they ‘Can Change the World, was published. In this book, McGonigal looks not only at Massively multiplayer online gaming and alternate reality games but ook at games more widely. Using current research from the positive psychology movement, McGonigal argues dat games Contribute powerfully to human happiness and motivation , a sense of meaning, and the development of community.

The book was in with a favorable reception from The Los Angeles Times , ^[15] and Wired , ^[16] and mixed reviews from the The Independent . ^[17] The book RECEIVED criticism from some quarters, notably the Wall Street Journal , welke fact represented therein her thesis, welke claimed to use games to “fix” everyday life by giving Recruiters it a sense of achievement and making it seem more fulfilling and optimistic, made “overblown” claims from minor examples, and did not address conflicting individual goals and desires-, or the influence of “evil”. ^[18] The New York Times Book Review ^[19] ook criticized some points in her book, calling out the Lack of evidence demonstrating dat in-game behavior and values Could translate into solutions to real world problems zoals poverty, disease and hunger.

On September 15, 2015, ^[20] McGonigal’s second book, SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, happier, virtuous, and More Resilient , was published by Penguin Press. It was # 7 on the New York Times Best Seller: Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous List zijn debut week.

Recognition

Publications

1. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How Way Down Can Change the World , ISBN 978-1-5942-0285-8 , (20 January 2011)
2. SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, happier, virtuous and More Resilient , ISBN 978-1594206368 (15 September 2015).

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