You can't take what she says in a single slice, she is webbing a lot of ideas together. Games make us better in a lot of real life and useful ways, this is her arguement. So, playing more games can, in fact, translate into us being better at problem solving, collaboration, etc... which increases our potential to change reality for the better.
Gaming does not solely claim social cooperation, by any means, but it does give people the opportunity to collaborate and achieve a goal that all people involved want to get to. Especially for young people at school, it gives them something that alot of the time real life cannot. I experienced this myself and got frustrated when people didn't understand what i wanted to play games instead of spend time with people that i don't like.
I just realized that Kelly McGonigal is her twin sister. A beauty with brains is already a deadly combination. Two beauties with brains is a lethal mixture.
The game she used to get better is out now its called SUPER BETTER and its available online and on your phones for free, just google it. Chore Wars is available for free too. It finally feels like the Daniel Suarez's Dark net is starting to come online little by little
When you put it that way it definitely seems reasonable for me since I started when I was about 3 years old. It's just hard to estimate what an average player plays. If she said the average person, period, then that would obviously be wrong. But I really have no clue what the average gamer does.
Assuming they start gaming around age 11 that is about 2 hours 45 minutes a day gaming. I know I've spent 12 hours each weekend day playing some games, which would mean that I wouldn't have to game at all during the week and more than meet that goal. So, that is an entirely reasonable number. Even if I just gamed for 6 hours each weekend day (12 hours on the weekend), that leaves just 1 hour 30 minutes each weeknight of gaming, which is less than most people spend watching TV each night.
I played world of Warcraft Alot!! Growing up between ages 16-20 think I've logged close to 10,000 hours but I stay up all night and all day and sometimes I'd play in bacterial infested environments and I was surprised to find a world outside of the world anyway all in all I enjoyed this video
Sorry for posting this 4 months ago, but what game are you talking about? In case you forgot what you wrote, it was about a game that "has really poor design", "involves people competing for artificially scarce financial resources in a quest to produce ever increasing quantities of trade"
To me reality is the ultimate game. What we really need is to get regular people more engaged with actual reality. Just think of the health benefits if instead of watching football on TV or playing a video game version, we actually went out and played a couple of rounds? Wonder how much this woman charges for speaking engagements...
However that I not to say I'm not aware of the real society that I live in and an ready to engage understand the universe in more idea logical manners I find interest in my "soul" and just in general existence
I think the person who posted that is probably referring to our current fast capitalist/corporate society. Not a game you purchase, but the game we play as citizens competing to live...
So, does teaching kids fierce competition the source of our "win at all costs whether we are right or wrong and be damed with the consequences" attitude? This is a big concern in the US where competitiveness is almost considered the pinnacle of greatness and the only way to motivate. Personally I can't stand competitive games, at least not the ones that pit human vs. human players. I much prefer the cooperative games and puzzles. But, for me, finding great cooperative games online seems rather difficult. Maybe I am looking at the wrong games?
OK, reality is broken: we've got the various environmental crisises, the global monetary crisis, wars, famines, natural disasters and whatnot. People already waste many hundreds of hours on games--as she points out, enough to create Wikipedia several times over. The obvious logic is that if we could get more people to give up gaming and work on something worthwhile like Wikipedia, maybe we could fix some of these problems. Her logic is that we should spend more time on games instead...
+alleygh0st Please, could you explain your opinion? I'm thinking about buying the book, and I think your opinion could help me make up my mind. Thanks in advance.
I could try. It just seems today that many people love reading about things they deeply care about, like WoW and Farmville because then it feels important and fulfilling and promising, which is good because it's very positive and vibrant and ressourceful and..., and ..., and..., ...that was my impression in a nutshell. I don't care much for more elaboration but let's just say it doesn't look very serious or groundbreaking to me. It's very indulgent and kinda repetitive. But seriously any of the negative reviews could give you a better insight on the matter. They all make valid points.
You probably don't play video games. That's a very ignorant thing you said. How can you talk on the matter if you don't play video games? Can't talk bad about something you never tried.
You can't take what she says in a single slice, she is webbing a lot of ideas together. Games make us better in a lot of real life and useful ways, this is her arguement. So, playing more games can, in fact, translate into us being better at problem solving, collaboration, etc... which increases our potential to change reality for the better.
Gaming does not solely claim social cooperation, by any means, but it does give people the opportunity to collaborate and achieve a goal that all people involved want to get to. Especially for young people at school, it gives them something that alot of the time real life cannot. I experienced this myself and got frustrated when people didn't understand what i wanted to play games instead of spend time with people that i don't like.
I just realized that Kelly McGonigal is her twin sister. A beauty with brains is already a deadly combination. Two beauties with brains is a lethal mixture.
I quite agree. We should start by placing more value on the social contribution of our work rather than money itself.
i totally LOVE her, she is my inspiration, i'd been keeping an eye on her since her conference on TED, thx so much for the upload!
The game she used to get better is out now its called SUPER BETTER and its available online and on your phones for free, just google it. Chore Wars is available for free too.
It finally feels like the Daniel Suarez's Dark net is starting to come online little by little
When you put it that way it definitely seems reasonable for me since I started when I was about 3 years old. It's just hard to estimate what an average player plays. If she said the average person, period, then that would obviously be wrong. But I really have no clue what the average gamer does.
Thanks for the interesting interview!
Assuming they start gaming around age 11 that is about 2 hours 45 minutes a day gaming. I know I've spent 12 hours each weekend day playing some games, which would mean that I wouldn't have to game at all during the week and more than meet that goal. So, that is an entirely reasonable number.
Even if I just gamed for 6 hours each weekend day (12 hours on the weekend), that leaves just 1 hour 30 minutes each weeknight of gaming, which is less than most people spend watching TV each night.
This is on television right now, very interesting information, especially for a gamer.
I played world of Warcraft Alot!! Growing up between ages 16-20 think I've logged close to 10,000 hours but I stay up all night and all day and sometimes I'd play in bacterial infested environments and I was surprised to find a world outside of the world anyway all in all I enjoyed this video
I wish we could get a list of all the studies she quotes
i love super mario sunshine. also I view reality as a game. whenever I complete a task I pretend I'm leveling up.
I'm sure they are mentioned in the book, but other than that I'm not sure where you would find it.
Wow, she is just awesome.
i felt like playing crysis but i kept watching
I'm not sure in a game the obstacle has to be unnecessary. I have created many games to engage my kids in helping with chores.
Kelly is a great speaker
The average player spends 10,000 hours on them by the age of 21. I find that hard to believe. That's nearly a year and a half of gaming.
This is the smartest comment I've read in 8 years of youtube
Sorry for posting this 4 months ago, but what game are you talking about? In case you forgot what you wrote, it was about a game that "has really poor design", "involves people competing for artificially scarce financial resources in a quest to produce ever increasing quantities of trade"
I cannot stop thinking of Professor McGonnagal whenever I see her name wtf!
after watching 7 mins, i felt like playing quakeworld ( then i got back to watch the remaining :-)
@14:00 "desensitized to violence"
I'm thinking that's not really a good idea.
Martinbeco, good call.
To me reality is the ultimate game. What we really need is to get regular people more engaged with actual reality. Just think of the health benefits if instead of watching football on TV or playing a video game version, we actually went out and played a couple of rounds? Wonder how much this woman charges for speaking engagements...
However that I not to say I'm not aware of the real society that I live in and an ready to engage understand the universe in more idea logical manners I find interest in my "soul" and just in general existence
She has a fitting last name =)
love the guy that laughed about nascar
Word.
Really, we should all play violent games to desensitize ourselves by killing and creating suffering.
I think the person who posted that is probably referring to our current fast capitalist/corporate society. Not a game you purchase, but the game we play as citizens competing to live...
So, does teaching kids fierce competition the source of our "win at all costs whether we are right or wrong and be damed with the consequences" attitude? This is a big concern in the US where competitiveness is almost considered the pinnacle of greatness and the only way to motivate. Personally I can't stand competitive games, at least not the ones that pit human vs. human players. I much prefer the cooperative games and puzzles. But, for me, finding great cooperative games online seems rather difficult. Maybe I am looking at the wrong games?
Portal
When she was describing reality it sounded like she was a critic bashing a REALLY horrible game xD
Hey! Eve isn't that bad.
OK, reality is broken: we've got the various environmental crisises, the global monetary crisis, wars, famines, natural disasters and whatnot. People already waste many hundreds of hours on games--as she points out, enough to create Wikipedia several times over. The obvious logic is that if we could get more people to give up gaming and work on something worthwhile like Wikipedia, maybe we could fix some of these problems. Her logic is that we should spend more time on games instead...
24 minutes in I really started to get pissed of. Most games aren't commercially made as 90% of games is indie games. 90% why are people stupid.
I'm watching this vid for a class. Can't help feeling I'm being told brainwashing is good. *shudder*
^This.
that nose makes me want to open some bottles
Her book is overrated and disappointing. I do not recommend.
+alleygh0st Please, could you explain your opinion? I'm thinking about buying the book, and I think your opinion could help me make up my mind. Thanks in advance.
I could try.
It just seems today that many people love reading about things they deeply care about, like WoW and Farmville because then it feels important and fulfilling and promising, which is good because it's very positive and vibrant and ressourceful and..., and ..., and..., ...that was my impression in a nutshell.
I don't care much for more elaboration but let's just say it doesn't look very serious or groundbreaking to me. It's very indulgent and kinda repetitive.
But seriously any of the negative reviews could give you a better insight on the matter. They all make valid points.
The host is really grose
You probably don't play video games. That's a very ignorant thing you said. How can you talk on the matter if you don't play video games? Can't talk bad about something you never tried.