13 Mar Happiness and interactive computer games
AUSTIN, Texas–Game designers may be the professionals best suited to help humans find happiness in the future.
That was the thesis of world-famous alternate-reality game designer Jane McGonigal’s Tuesday keynote address at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) here.
McGonigal began her talk by looking at the idea that happiness is something scientists and sociologists are increasingly studying and that embedded in the mechanics of games may be the very things that people need to be happy. And quality of life will likely be a key consideration of many interactive media projects.
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