Gaming used to be considered as a medium of time-wasting, expressing laziness, and a meaningless task.
You know what? If you do think so, I would say you're more like a lame old politicians who doesn't even try to live the real progressive world, than the rest of the people on the earth.
Gaming is not a meaningless task which you run away from your life, but a work that spend time experience bunch of interesting things.
Check out how many people in the world spend how much of their time experiencing epic things throughout playing games, and further learn what humanity would be like when there is not even a similar thing to the 'gaming'.
Yo sean. This video was inspiring when I watched it 2 years ago. I agree that people can use gaming to change the world, for good or bad. My life is full of different kinds of games, from real to virtual, from "hide and seek" to League of Legends. And I understand that game can motivate and even mollify a person.
ReplyDeleteJane McGonigal actually wrote a book about games (Reality is Broken) in 2012, and I think it can be a further reading for some readers of your blog who are interested in this topic. here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Reality-Broken-Games-Better-Change/dp/145583291X.
Hope it will help.
Hey Leo. I learned about the book but have never tried to read it. Now I'm kind of pushing myself to read it. Thanks for keeping me up!
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