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It may have once been true that computer games encouraged us to interact more with machines than with each other. But if you still think of gamers as loners, then you’re not playing games.

Jane McGonigal

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Jane McGonigal
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 21
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Game Designer
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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