The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Paperback • 2011 • English

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

By Jane McGonigal

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

A visionary game designer reveals how we can harness the power of games to boost global happiness. With 174 million gamers in the United States alone, we now live in a world where every generation will be a gamer generation. But why, Jane McGonigal asks, should games be used for escapist entertainment alone? In this groundbreaking book, she shows how we can leverage the power of games to fix what is wrong with the real world-from social problems like depression and obesity to global issues like...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780143120612

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

The Score How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

The Score How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game

C. Thi Nguyen

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

How to Raise a Healthy Gamer

Alok Kanojia

Gaming for Good Unlocking the Power of Gaming to Create a Better World for Us All

Gaming for Good Unlocking the Power of Gaming to Create a Better World for Us All

Jude Ower

Around the World in 80 Games A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games

Around the World in 80 Games A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games

Marcus Du Sautoy

Playframes How Do We Know We Are Playing?

Playframes How Do We Know We Are Playing?

Celia Pearce

That Little Voice in Your Head

That Little Voice in Your Head

Mo Gawdat

The Rational Male - The Players Handbook

The Rational Male - The Players Handbook

Tomassi, Rollo

Virtual Society

Virtual Society

Herman Narula

Press Reset Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

Press Reset Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

Jason Schreier

Whose game? Gender and power in fantasy sports

Whose game? Gender and power in fantasy sports

Rebecca Joyce Kissane

Your Body is Your Brain Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully

Your Body is Your Brain Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully

Amanda Blake

The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games

The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games

Christopher A. Paul

Girls who code

Girls who code

How Games Move Us

How Games Move Us

Santa Cruz) Isbister Katherine (Professor University of California

The Gamer's Brain

The Gamer's Brain

USA) Hodent Celia (Epic Games Cary North Carolina

Introducing Game Theory

Introducing Game Theory

Ivan Pastine

Machine, Platform, Crowd

Machine, Platform, Crowd

Andrew McAfee

Games Without Frontiers

Games Without Frontiers

Joe Kennedy

Games people play

Games people play

Eric Berne

Mind Change

Mind Change

Susan Greenfield

Understanding Video Games

Understanding Video Games

Simon Egenfeldt-nielsen

Making Democracy Fun

Making Democracy Fun

Josh A. Lerner

Disconnected

Disconnected

Carrie (Harvard University) James

The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age

Erik (MIT) Brynjolfsson

Playing with the past-digital games and the s…

Playing with the past-digital games and the s…

Matthew Wilhelm

Good video games+ Good learning

Good video games+ Good learning

James Paul Gee

Reality is Broken

Reality is Broken

Jane McGonigal

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education

Karl M. Kapp

The Video Game Industry Formation, Present State, and Future

The Video Game Industry Formation, Present State, and Future

Peter Zackariasson

Abundance The Future Is Better Than You Think

Abundance The Future Is Better Than You Think

Peter H. Diamandis

Reality is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and how They Can Change the World

Reality is Broken Why Games Make Us Better and how They Can Change the World

Jane McGonigal

Extra Lives. Why video games matter.

Extra Lives. Why video games matter.

Tom Bissell

Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL

Roger L. Martin

Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat

Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat

In-Game

In-Game

Gordon Calleja

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers

Dave Gray

Play Between Worlds Exploring Online Game Culture

Play Between Worlds Exploring Online Game Culture

T. L. Taylor

We-Think

We-Think

Leadbeater, Charles

The Art of Game Design A book of lenses

The Art of Game Design A book of lenses

Jesse Schell

Gameplay and design

Gameplay and design

Kevin Oxland