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McGonigal - don't exploit gamers, gamers are focused and motivated

by rawmeatcowboy
01 March 2011
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“Instead of thinking about the things we can do to make something look like a game, what can we do to make something feel like a game? …I don’t think that gamers are really playful. Playful to me seems suggest whimsical, improvisational… gamers are in fact fairly focused and motivated. …the spirit of a gamer… someone who is optimistic, curious, motivated and always up for a tough challenge. As we are trying to make the real world more gameful, any of our organizational goals need to be achieved by empowering the players to get more of what they really want from life. Don’t exploit gamers. We’re better than that.” - author and designer Jane McGonigal

Check out Ms. McGonigal’s full statement here