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Torg
10-03-11, 13:56
fellew runners, i urge you to watch this TED-speech (http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html) and act accordingly. thank you.
flib
10-03-11, 16:25
This video is an epic win.
derretimos
10-03-11, 19:48
tl;df
flib
10-03-11, 20:14
Basically, you can make facebook games that the goal is to be green, and by doing that, people do those same green things in real life so the planet stays green.

OH and epic something!
gamefreak
10-03-11, 20:27
Only that WoW playing basement dwellers don t have a real life.
flib
11-03-11, 15:11
Only that WoW isn't a facebook game.
Dirus
12-03-11, 03:47
Why does the picture of Al Gore at his desk at home pop into my head after reading this thread..
LiL T
12-03-11, 05:18
How is a computer game gonna save the fucking world, think about it :rolleyes:

That's like saying if we give British people bins to recycle rubbish they will use them...
LiL T
12-03-11, 05:20
Yeah just skipped through it, yet more cack about how we are destroying the planet with CO2 yada yada *yawn*.
flib
12-03-11, 17:31
The idea is that people will play these games and they will train people to be more green.
Torg
13-03-11, 10:30
its more than just educational games. gaming in fact teaches you one thing: whatever the problem, if you try hard enough, you will succeed. and online-gaming teaches you in addition: if that problem is too big for you, team up to solve it. so mmos are essentially an education in collaborative problem-solving. this is exactly what we need in order to save the world.
daughterolilith
12-04-11, 11:52
I think the DIRE difficulty of games when I was little (I played computers since I was about 3 years old) helped teach me to be determined and never give up, really!