Jane McGonigal is a game designer and author who advocates the use of mobile and digital technology to channel positive attitudes and collaboration in a real world context. Her new book SUPERBETTER is available September 15, 2015.
All righty Jane what's happening? I'm here. You are here. You made it. I'm excited too. Thanks for doing this. Appreciate it.
So your story is a very fascinating story. You got a brain injury and you decided to make a game to help your brain recover.
Now what led you to even attempt something like that? I've never heard of anything like that in the past.
Well I had been designing games professionally and researching them for 10 years by the time I hit my head.
And it was not my first instinct. Oh I have a brain injury. Let me make a game.
But you know about a month into the recovery I wasn't getting any better. I was really depressed and anxious.
I mean I was it was like the lowest point of my life.
And I knew from my research that when we play games you know we have more optimism.
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