Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Let the world changing online video games begin!

Are you a gamer? Have you played Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games like World of Warcraft? Maybe you've anwered 'yes' to one or both of these questions. Now how about this question: have you played Massively Multiplayer EDUCATIONAL Games? Well, Jane McGonigal from the Institute of the Future argues in her recent TED talk entitled 'Gaming Can Make a Better World' that the world needs people to play more video games and specifically the world needs more people to play games that have goals that relate to solving real life problems. Real life 'Epic Wins'!

If her name sounds familiar then it might be because you may of heard of one of the games she has designed: EVOKE. I wrote about it on this blog just 10-day ago.

Check out her TED talk and let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.

3 comments:

DK said...

That is an excellent video

Thanks for sharing this information !

:)

Student of Canadian college

Nail Polish said...

I always play game and i lots of experience on it, i also play online games, now my favorite station is Ibibo.

elearning guy said...

i agree with the previous poster... this is a great video..