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The real-life implications of virtual worlds

BNN.ca staff
2:11 PM, E.T. | January 31, 2011
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Civil unrest, climate change and a number of other issues face the world, but can video games help resolve these real life problems? Game designer Jane McGonigal, Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, says it's a matter of harnessing the collaborative skills learned in the three billion hours that people spend gaming each week.

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