Jane McGonigal Quotes

We're pushing the limits of what a game is, and they think I'm beyond this limit. There will always be purists, but we've never got that push-back from businesses or consumers. Game dynamics are too powerful to leave bottled up in games.

If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.

Video games are a huge, incredibly popular, world-transforming medium.

Dinosaurs was a cool idea, but we just couldn't find a way to make it really fun. We've got a bunch of great game ideas that we want to bring to life over the next several years.

Roblox is spearheading the next generation of gaming - one in which players become developers and user-generated content is at the core.

The consumer likes having a brand-new experience and reliving it over and over again. If you create the right type of experience, that also happens in video games.

One of the things I'm excited about is the observation that gamers are creators and creators are gamers too. We used to think of creators as workstation customers and think of gamers as consumers.

We have worked with a range of input approaches. We've worked with the range of mechanisms to drive immersion into the gaming experience.

Always trust computer games.

I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though.

One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games.

In fact, one reason I am interested in developing things in virtual reality is that they're so fascinating. I can come up with problems that are harder than warfare to take up people's time.

Build what you want to see in the world.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

The World has become too dangerous for anything less than Utopia.

Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what was wrong with the world, but they were not always so adept at working out how these things could be righted.

Many people say, "Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be. I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.

Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women.

Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.

Games are providing rewards that reality is not.

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

When it can't be done, do it. If you don't do it, it doesn't exist.

One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the margins into the mainstream.