There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.

We can boost our immune systems by strengthening our social networks and decreasing stress.

The idea of the 'lone gamer' is really not true anymore. Up to 65 percent of gaming now is social, played either online or in the same room with people we know in real life.

Cory Doctorow is a fast and furious storyteller who gets all the details of alternate reality gaming right, while offering a startling, new vision of how these games might play out in the high-stakes context of a terrorist attack. Little Brother is a brilliant novel with a bold argument: hackers and gamers might just be our country's best hope for the future.

Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.