Reality Is Broken

Play, Policy, and Tree Planting: How Gaming Is Changing the World

Nicole Skibola | Posted 08.29.2011

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Nicole Skibola

Games, as a medium for social change, reflect a shift in thinking about human behavior and happiness.

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New York Public Library Launches iPad App

nytimes.com | FELICIA LEE | Posted 07.17.2011

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Here an app, there an app, everywhere an apt app. Now, the New York Public Library has created a new iPad app that bring the library’s research coll...

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Want To Succeed In Life? Play Video Games

Jane McGonigal | Posted 07.28.2011

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Jane McGonigal

The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time. But more than a decade's worth of scientific research shows that gaming is actually one of the most productive ways we can spend time.

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