A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at — Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at — Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at — Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at — Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at — Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
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A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.

— Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
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