I believe that McGonigal makes a lot of interesting points, but her examples and reasons\u00a0seem a bit stale and not necessarily true. In chapter 13, she talks about how 10,000 hours will make a person a master of something. This seemed interesting to me at first, but I feel like you have to also have to have a certain objective to something before you can master a game. If you played a game without a specific purpose, I believe you will not master anything. I also did not agree with her point that online gamers are more cooperative than solo gamers. Online gamers can be, at times, some of the least cooperative people. It all depends on their playstyle. If a gamer decides to play the game by trolling his teammates, he is not being cooperative. Instead, he is working in his own self-interest to make the other teammates miserable. Some solo gamers are worried about these kinds of people, including modders and instead just wants to play a game by himself to ensure a fair gameplay.<\/p>\n
Collaboration could be in single player games as well. Even though its not with a real person, the player can collaborate with an AI by making a trade or doing a task for them to help you later on. In my opinion, this can be just as beneficial as playing online with other people.<\/p>\n
One thing I do appreciate McConigal writing about are superstructures. I found the definition to be clear and easy to comprehend. She also gives examples about superstructures just to make sure the reader fully understands.The more I read about superstructures, the more I realized about how common they are in the business world. Companies are always making partnerships and combining forces to tackle one big issue. This made me more interested to read about this chapter because I am considering a career in business and thought this would be a useful thing to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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