We have to accept as a society that games are not escapist. They really do change us. 
Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing. 
A dramatic decrease in oil availability is not at all far-fetched. 
I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things 
I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him. 
Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic. 
Compared with games, reality is disconnected. 
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success. 
There's no reason why the 'Lost' alternate reality game had to be officially made by the 'Lost' production crew. 
There are people who are very dismissive of games and gamers. 
Growing up, I was prone to anxiety. 
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. 
Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying, and trying now. Gamers don't sit around. 
My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students. 
Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become. 
Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the game. 
Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it. 
Games are providing rewards that reality is not. 
The opposite of play isn't work. It's depression. 
I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use. 
What's really amazing about games is how they change our emotional response to challenges 
I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize. 
Game design isn't just a technological craft. It's a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading. 
Over time, the games we play can change how we think and what we're capable of. And it's easy to maximize the benefits so the changes are positive. 
Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing. 
The single biggest misconception about games is that they're an escapist waste of time. 
Even if you never increase your physical or social resilience, seeking out more positive emotions every day alone can add a full decade to your life. 