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Additionally, the ways to play the game she offers up are actually really smart ways of just improving one's life without having to start some dread and draconian regime. She's encouraging throughout for people to make even the smallest bit of progress to their goals. What I like so much about McGonigal's prose is that it is accessible and lively. There is even an app and website you can log your gaming efforts into. For the second half, she breaks down how you can play the game on your own and with friends. She stacks the first half talking about the game she has devised (SuperBetter) and the research it has been built and tested upon. Or rather, if Reality Is Broken gave readers a well-researched argument for why gaming is an important part of our human nature, SuperBetter gives us the guide on how to actually make life more like a game and improve mental, emotional, physical, and social health. SuperBetter is even better and there's also a great TED Talk to introduce it. So I first fell in nerd-love with Jane McGonigal when she performed a TED Talk and wrote her first book (Reality Is Broken).

SuperBetter: A Revolutionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver and More Resilient -Powered by the Science of Games by Jane McGonigal

Superbetter ted talk