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Gaming can make a better world

6,339,253 views | Jane McGonigal • TED2010

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.

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Reality is broken, says Jane McGonigal, and we need to make it work more like a game. Her work shows us how.

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