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The Hard Part is the Fun Part (convocation speech) 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
On August 24, 2013, I spoke to the incoming freshman class at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. To my great delight, my book Reality is Broken was chosen as the summer reading project, for all 4000 st...
There is No Escape: Designing Videogames for Maximum Real-Life Impact 28 Mar 2013 | 12:11 am
If you caught my talk “There Is No Escape” at the 2013 Game Developers Conference (or watched the commentary on Twitter!), you know that I’m passionate about understanding the real-life impact that vi...
I’m seeking a commission for a live event or real-world game! 13 Mar 2013 | 08:23 am
I love making games for real-world spaces. And I love creating games that unfold as live events. Many people know me for my research and my book, my TED talks, or my online collaborative games. But I’...
Holiday gifts for the gamers in your life (or their parents!) 26 Nov 2012 | 12:06 am
I often get requests to sign and personalize copies of my book as birthday or holiday gifts. This year, I thought I’d make it easy to give a gamer (or parents or grandparents of a gamer!) a special, p...
SuperBetter 23 Jan 2011 | 04:45 pm
Sign up now for VIP access to SuperBetter! I’m thrilled to announce that a commercial version of SuperBetter — including both an “OTC”, or over-the-counter, and an “Rx”, or prescription version of th...
Practical advice for gamers 9 Jan 2011 | 03:39 pm
Reality is Broken explains the science behind why games are good for us – why they make us happier, more creative, more resilient, and better able to lead others in world-changing efforts. But some g...
Cookie Rolling 27 Dec 2010 | 06:53 am
For more detailed rules of this personal game, click here. To read Camus’ existential in non-cookie text, here. To learn about the history of the essay, here. (Bangkok, there) (Laxenburg, Austr...
Reality is broken! 25 Dec 2010 | 10:27 pm
Find out why games make us better and how they can change the world. Order your copy of the New York Times bestselling book Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the Worl...
Courses in game design, performance, play 25 Dec 2010 | 04:36 am
I’m not currently teaching — but I hope to teach my favorite four classes again someday. In the meantime, you can check out the syllabi for these classes, which I’ve taught previously at the Universit...
Achievements: Unlocked 24 Dec 2010 | 06:14 pm
My #1 goal in life is to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. I’ve forecast that this will happen by the year 2023. Of course, it’s not enough to just forecast the future — I’m also ...
