@GOOD Asks: Can Playing Games Teach Us Valuable Life Lessons?

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Hillary Newman
Community Manager @GOOD

February 8, 2011 • 9:00 am PST
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#GOODasks, games
Jane McGonigal, the author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make us Better and How They Can Change the World, thinks so. In a funny Colbert Report interview with McGonigal we posted yesterday, McGonigal explained her theory. Do you agree?

We ask a question to our Twitter and Facebook faithful once a day, so if you’re not yet following @GOOD or a fan, make sure to sign up and participate in the conversation.

On Wednesday we will post a roundup of our favorite responses, so stay tuned.

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