I came across two interesting TED talks about games. Worth watching.
The game layer on top of world
This one is by Seth Priebatsch.
Here is the quick snippet from TED’s site.
By now, we’re used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web — building a “social layer” on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston, Seth Priebatsch looks at the next layer in progress: the “game layer,” a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.
Games for a better world.
The second one is from Jane McGonigal.
Here is a quick snippet from the TED’s website.
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.
bonus
Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man
And a bonus…totally relevant….Rory Sutherland is hilarious in this talk. Here is quick snippet from TED.
……makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider “real” value — and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.
