Games Are Great, But We Need To Touch - Ideas Market - WSJ
It's interesting to see the reviews coming in for Jane McGonigal's Reality is Broken. I bought her book and downloaded to my Kindle yesterday, and I will likely start seriously on it this weekend, though I've skimmed it a bit. Seems that reviews, like this one, are obsessing too much on trying to make the point, "yeah, yeah, games are nice for real life but do not play them too much." I can't help but wonder, do we really have to say this? If someone is prone to quitting life and locking herself in the oft cited Mom's basement in order to game and do nothing else, this WJS review isn't going to convince them otherwise. And I seriously doubt there's any danger in McGonigal's book leading us into the Matrix. The only people worried about this are those who don't game enough.
