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Games are the single most productive thing we can do with our time... [they] give us the power to change the world.

Author and futurist Jane McGonigal at DICE 2011

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February 13, 2011
Posted by Matt
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"Games are the single most productive thing we can do"

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- Nels
- Forgetful Optimist
- Mon February 14, 2011 ∞
This kind of comment really bothers me. Even disregarding the hyperbole, there just seems like there is something incredibly disingenuous about it.
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- Alex
- Nephtis
- Mon February 14, 2011 ∞
@Nels But what could possibly be more productive than playing video games?
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- Bahamatt
- Mon February 14, 2011 ∞
@Alex Nothing indeed.

@Nels I took "the world" not to be our physical world, but rather something along the lines of: "[videogames] give us the power to change the [virtual] world [we inhabit while playing]."
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- Nels
- Forgetful Optimist
- Tue February 15, 2011 ∞
@Matt OK that makes sense.
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- Bahamatt
- Tue February 15, 2011 ∞
Much more sense than a videogame nerd changing the real world.
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- Nels
- Forgetful Optimist
- Wed February 16, 2011 ∞
@Matt Well, much more sense than a video game nerd changing the world by simply by playing video games.
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