- Social aspects, Computer games, Datorspel, Video games
Visionary game designer Jane McGonigal shows how we can harness the power of computer games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness, since her research suggests that gamers are expert problem solvers and collaborators because they regularly cooperate with other players to overcome daunting virtual challenges.
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Contemporary, spare, warm and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Jane McGonigal
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 392
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Maven Publishing, Penguin Press
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9781455832910
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