![]() For McGonigal, the inspiration for SuperBetter was super personal she created it after suffering a traumatic concussion and finding herself in a deep depression and not healing. Now Jane has launched what she calls her most exciting and important game to date: SuperBetter! It’s a game she developed to help players attack a wide variety of personal challenges from obesity to asthma to addiction. A new version of “Evoke” focusing on Brazil is releasing this year. Jane and her team enrolled more than 20,000 people from 130 countries in the first ten-week trial of the game. ![]() She masterminded “Evoke,” on behalf of the World Bank Institute, empowering young people all over the world to help solve social problems like hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. McGonigal created “World Without Oil,” which simulated the beginning of a global oil crisis with the goal of inspiring players to conserve oil. These are games designed not just for entertainment, but to tackle real-life problems and solve world issues like poverty and climate change. ![]() Jane is a pioneer in the field of A.R.G, or Alternate Reality Gaming. But McGonigal isn’t talking about shooting virtual terrorists or zombies in traditional video games. ![]()
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