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Games can change the world!

A TED talk by Jane McGonigal that is well worth watching as it's pretty inspiring for the future of gaming!

Laurence Nairne, Blogger

January 5, 2012

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I'll have to link as it doesn't seem to like embedded video.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

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