I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him.

What's really amazing about games is how they change our emotional response to challenges

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.

Every game designer should make one explicitly world-changing game. Lawyers do pro bono work, why can't we?

Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle.

Any time I consider a new project, I ask myself, is this pushing the state of gaming toward Nobel Prizes? If it's not, then it's not doing anything important enough to spend my time.