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A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.

Jane McGonigal

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Jane McGonigal
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 21
Author
Game Designer
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Direct
Energy
Emotional
Game
Better
Focus
Relentless
Something
Games
Optimism
Good
Getting
Depression
Opportunity
Opposite
Enjoy
Opposites

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