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.'

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

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

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

I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.

We have to accept as a society that games are not escapist. They really do change us.

Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.