Posts by janemcgonigal

Games Can Help Us Heal, Recover

By Jane McGonigal on Jul 5, 2010 in Game Design, Game Development, Serious Games 0

I’m either going to kill myself, or I’m going to turn this into a game. After the four most miserable weeks of my life, those seemed like the only two options left. It was the summer of 2009, I was about halfway through writing my book, and I got a concussion. It was a stupid, fluke accident: I was standing up, and I slammed my head straight into a cabinet door I didn’t realize was still open. I was dizzy, saw stars, and felt sick to my stomach. When my...