{"product_id":"9780143120612","title":"Reality Is Broken","description":"“McGonigal is a clear, methodical writer, and her ideas are well argued. Assertions are backed by countless psychological studies.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful and provocative . . . McGonigal makes a persuasive case that games have a lot to teach us about how to make our lives, and the world, better.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jane McGonigal's insights have the elegant, compact, deadly simplicity of plutonium, and the same explosive force.” —\u003cb\u003eCory Doctorow, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power  of games to boost global happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in  a world where every generation will be a gamer generation. But why,  Jane McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment  alone? In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the  power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social  problems like depression and obesity to global issues like poverty and  climate change-and introduces us to cutting-edge games that are already  changing the business, education, and nonprofit worlds. Written for  gamers and non-gamers alike, \u003ci\u003eReality Is Broken\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the  future will belong to those who can understand, design, and play games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane McGonigal is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Jane McGonigal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46458961789140,"sku":"9780143120612","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7c334f9f-5c67-4ab5-b547-e1ee3ae6b5fb.jpg?v=1751573681","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780143120612","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}