Conversations at the Herbst: The Power of Gaming

Dr. McGonigal states that her number one goal in life is to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She forecasts that this will happen by the year 2023. Of course, it's not enough to just forecast the future; she's also actively working to make it a reality. On a planetary basis, we spend 3 billion hours a week playing videogames. That's a lot of time… enough to change our lives, and probably save the world (the real world) while we're at it. That's the stated purpose of Gameful, one of Jane's many projects and the secret headquarters for world changing game developers. Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal discusses her belief that video games can be a positive platform for exploration and problem solving in our lives and for our planet. In Conversation with Ryan Wyatt - Director of the Morrison Planetarium.