Reality Is Broken

作者：McGonigal,Jane

出版年：2011-2

页数：320

定价：GBP30.32

装帧：精装

ISBN：9780224089258

内容简介
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More than 31 million people in the UK are gamers. The average young person in the UK will spend 10,000 hours gaming by the age of twenty-one. What's causing this mass exodus? According to world-renowned game designer Jane McGonigal the answer is simple: videogames are fulfilling genuine human needs. Drawing on positive psychology, cognitive science and sociology, "Reality is Broken" shows how game designers have hit on core truths about what makes us happy, and utilized these discoveries to astonishing effect in virtual environments. But why, McGonigal asks, should we use the power of games for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking exploration of the power and future of gaming, she reveals how gamers have become expert problem solvers and collaborators, and shows how we can use the lessons of game design to socially positive ends, be it in our own lives, our communities or our businesses. Written for gamers and non-gamers alike, "Reality is Broken" sends a clear and provocative message: the future will belong to those who can understand, design and play games.

目录
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Introduction: Reality Is Broken

PART ONE: Why Games Make Us Happy

1. What Exactly Is a Game?

2. The Rise of the Happiness Engineers

3. More Satisfying Work

4. Fun Failure and Better Odds of Success

5. Stronger Social Connectivity

6. Becoming a Part of Something Bigger Than Ourselves

PART TWO: Reinventing Reality

7. The Benefits of Alternate Realities

8. Leveling Up in Life

9. Fun with Strangers

10. Happiness Hacking

PART THREE: How Very Big Games Can Change the World

11. The Engagement Economy

12. Missions Impossible

13. Collaboration Superpowers

14. Saving the Real World Together

Conclusion: Reality Is Better

Acknowledgements

Appendix: How to Play

Notes

Index

评论 ······

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

after reading this, i somehow have no desire for game any more.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

after reading this, i somehow have no desire for game any more.

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