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I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness.

Jane McGonigal

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Jane McGonigal
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 21
Author
Game Designer
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Life
Improve
Create
Quality
Games
Suffering
Explicitly
Happiness
Widespread
Future
Prevent
Real
Designed

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