SXSW 2011: Jane McGonigal on the beneficial effects of video games

It's common to read about the damaging effects of video games, quite often without any supporting evidence whatsoever (hello Baroness Greenfield!). It was refreshing therefore to hear Dr Jane McGonigal at SXSW yesterday talking about the positive effects of gaming. McGonigal is a game designer, researcher and author and her talk at SXSW was based [...]