When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.

When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.

When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them.

I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Game design isn’t just a technological craft. It’s a twenty-first-century way of thinking and leading.

It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the same as negative stress in the sense that we get our adrenaline up, you know, our breathing rate quickens, our pulse quickens.