Summary #1 (Gaming can make a better world)
In the lecture "Gaming can make a better world” Jane McGonigal talks about how gamers can be a good resource that can be used to improve the world. McGonigal says that her goal is to make as easy to safe the real world as it is in games. She says that for this people should spend more time playing games than they actually do. McGonagal mentions that games are essential for human survival. This is because games creates and master 4 amazing qualities in human beings. The first quality is urgent optimism which also means self motivation with always a hope of success. The second quality is social fabric which in other words means cooperation. Another quality is blissful productivity, in which people realize that is better to achieve something than to waste time. The final quality is epic meaning; gamers create an epic story which can be a good motivation to improve the world. However, the problem on video games is that gamers believe that they are good at playing but not in the real life and the also believe that they can change the virtual world but no the real world. Mcgonigal main idea is about making online games that can help people to solve real life problems. She has developed some games under this standard. The first one is an online game about surviving an oil shortage. People have come with incredible ways of surviving. The second game is about humanity almost extinction, gamers have develop 500 incredible solutions. McGonigal conclude that gamers are an incredible human resource that should be use as an advantage and she advice people to play more games in their lifes. (293 words)
Response (Gaming can make a better world)
In my opinion, McGonigal idea about using gamers to improve and safe the world sounds crazy but at the same time makes a lot of sense. McGonigal says that gamers develop a lot of skills and qualities that can be used to improve and develop the world. I completely agree with this statement because in my personal experience I think that thanks to video games I improve in many aspects of my life such as being organized and being good at solving problems. Playing games also helped me in the process of learning english. This was because when I was a kid all the video games on my country were in english which pushed me and motivated me to learn english faster. It can look like playing games does not bring any benefit at all but in most of the cases like mine; it works to develop a lot of skills and qualities that can be useful for the future. Those skills and qualities can also be used to make a difference in the world and improve it. (178)
Jone McGonigal in this video is interesting. She wants to apply online game into life; it's a good idea but in some way I think it's hard to apply to our lives. The reason is that game online and real life is different. Sometimes in online game, things are just fictional, and when you have to deal with the real life; it's very hard. I used to be crazy about online game back in high school; however, I realized that It's just a digital worl so I gave it up and feel really good now. Moreover, I thinks that there are still more things we can apply to life instead of game online. Anyway, it's just my personal idea. Tks. Bye!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am interested in this topic that about game. I am agreeing with Yamil we can learn English faster than learning from book. Due to the game is more fun and exciting. In addition, I think we can learn more skill from game. For instance, playing tactic game can help our brain think anything faster and reasonable. Overall, I am agreeing Jane McGonagall gaming can make a better world.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Yamil. Playing games really improve our life, but not every game do. I like the example of games that Jane McGonigal give us, “World with out oil” or “evoke”, because these games are possible situations which will happen in the future. By playing these games, if the world runs out of oil for real, the gamer will know what to do and we will not freak out or doing something that make it worst. On the other hand, for games like Warcraft I do not think it gives benefit to our life, except we can practise English as Yamil said. Fighting games or war games bring violence to children more than give advantages. There are many cases that kids copy from a game, for example, kids take a gun in to school and shoot their friends, or they make revenge because they lost in a game.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Yamil. Well written summary.
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