Arcade Berg aka. "Learning Game Design with Arcade Berg"

We’re Super-Empowered Hopeful Individuals

Since you're here I suppose you're a gamer of some sort. Maybe even one that plays online?

Either way; you play games.

And you know what? You're great! You can solve the worlds problems.

In a TED-talk by Jane McGonigal, a researcher and game designer, she explains how we're super people. Apparently, I'm a virtuoso. I like that. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. I wonder what my field is?

http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html (25/3/2010)

Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.

- TED.com

Even if she might seem a bit "out there" and overly optimistic at times. I do agree with her as it has long been a fact that we do learn stuff from games.

Online player seems to have four super powers.

The clip is 20min long and it'll make you feel good about yourself. TED always beat random YouTube:ing.