Jane McGonigal - Games Can Change the World (BB Video @ GDC)

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Part two of Boing Boing Video's conversation with game researcher Jane McGonigal of Institute for the Future, on emotion and ethics in game design. What responsibilities do the creators of virtual worlds have? Can games change the world, or make us better people?

We conducted this interview during the recent Game Developer Conference in San Francisco (http://www.gdconf.com/), and ran on a marathon streaming video webcast (http://ustream.tv/channel/boing-boing-l ive).

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[ Credits and props for BBV Live @GDC09: Production Team -- Jolon Bankey, Derek Bledsoe, Daniela Calderon, Eddie Codel, Xeni Jardin, Allison Kingsley, Matty Kirsch, Alice Taylor, Wesly Varghese. Special thanks to Wayneco Heavy Industries (accommodation and studio facilities), Virgin America Airlines (air travel), Celsius (thermogenic energy beverage), Ustream.tv (streaming video host). Moral support, production assistance, additional talent, and good vibes provided by: Domini Anne, Scott Beale, T.Bias, Jeremy Bornstein, Brandon Boyer, Chris The Van Guy, Peter S. Conrad, Marque Cornblatt, Wayne, Bre, and the entire de Geere family, Marcy DeLuce, Cory Doctorow, Joel Johnson, Kourosh Karimkhany, Jim Louderback and the Revision 3 team, Karen Marcelo, Rocky Mullin, Alicia Pollak, Jackie Mogol, Taylor Peck, David Pescovitz, Micah Schaffer, and Teal. ]

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[UberSecret]

Gamers are not criminals ... Gaming is not a crime.

[gulllars]

Game movement when said fast like Jane did, sounds like Gay movement... :P

[joemcknight]

We need to E-farm. Its not that crazy an idea.

[rnp1thx]

Anon-this way of being a dick, is going to be called "Using iPad Contact!" But since this "woman", Xeni ( short for Xenis) is more comfortable wearing her hair like a man, why should she respond to another woman by using polite and attentive reactions? Jane is probably kicking her under the table to get her to look at her!

[AnonShawi]

Fascinating how it's not considered impolite anymore to stare at your computer screen while someone talks to you, even DURING AN INTERVIEW.

[henrysinaga]

after watching a lot of BoingBoing videos, I'm pretty convinced that Xeni Jardin is a lesbian

[ThuleanImperator]

What artist that song at the end by?

[roryphelan]

What an idea! how do you do that? change personality I mean?

The more I think about it the more it wrecks my head. what does that statement mean?

Is personality as frivolous as something you can discard/try on? If it is, is it very real/very fake? is it really you? it could easily be you or not you right?

[roryphelan]

4:23

In relation to virtual worlds - "if you want to... try on personalities that you're not sure you're ready to embody for real, then (its) super great for that."

[ludosophist]

Since most people don't understand how money is created, surely the designers of that game were unethical.