Gaming can Make a better World

   Jane McGonial was very passionate in her speech toward gaming. She did an excellent job of Marketing the gaming industry. She gave examples in her video that gamers have Urgent Optimism, Blissful Productivity, Epic Meaning, and are Super Powered Individuals. She said we invest three billion hours playing video games and there is a mass exodus to online gaming. She even went as far to go back in the past and show the audience ancient dice made of sheep knuckles. I play Xbox and I enjoy it to a certain extent. I must admit you can loose track of time playing Xbox. My favorite games are Madden NFL, Call of Duty and others. I agree with her that gaming is the wave of the future. Recently, while I was watching the Military Channel, Fighter Pilots and Tank Commander are trained in there field on video simulation machines. These is just a fancy word for an overpriced video game. She said that gamers strive to achieve an epic win maybe that is why people get so involved and addicted to video gaming. Well, this is good news for people who design and make games. It is a very profitable industry. At the end of her speech she tells the audience, " What happens next?" I guess the audience is left with a fill in the blank answer. I can relate this video to our English class by presenting many arguments pro and con.