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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 5 Dec 2012

    The idea that there is no meaningful interaction ever w/other gamers is so bizzarre and divorced from reality. How to get through to them?

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      2. Nicole Lentine‏ @nlentine 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame My tweets from your keynote at #NACAC12 (beginning of October in Denver) are getting RTed. So random, but it was a great speech!

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 5 Dec 2012
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        @nlentine lol nice, it lives on!! ^_^

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      2. Nick‏ @cyan_edge 5 Dec 2012
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame You may not be able to if they deeply believe in the idea that everyone is out for themselves in life, as well as in games.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 5 Dec 2012
        Replying to @cyan_edge

        @cyan_edge I think that's really key. I know a lot of non-gamers who hate how gaming "brings the worst" out in us (competitiveness e.g.)

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      4. Daniel Solis is pitching at BGGcon‏ @DanielSolis 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame @cyan_edge Heck, I've even seen some nasty personality traits show up in cooperative games, too.

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      5. Nick‏ @cyan_edge 5 Dec 2012
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        @DanielSolis @avantgame Part of the problem is co-op gaming is rarely played in the same space now. It's as anon as the rest of the net.

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      2. John Richter‏ @Johenius 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame I recently rediscovered the joy of playing single-player games with friends and passing controls around. All games are social.

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      3. Jeremy P Bushnell‏ @jbushnell 5 Dec 2012
        Replying to @Johenius

        @Johenius @avantgame I just spent an enjoyable weekend playing 2-player Skyrim: I worked the controls, but my partner dictated the activity

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      4. John Richter‏ @Johenius 5 Dec 2012
        Replying to @jbushnell

        @jbushnell Sounds awesome :) But nothing I have done thus far compares to four-player Scribblenauts.

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      1. Andrzej Marczewski 🕹‏Verified account @DaveRage 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame I have met people I would consider best friends through gaming. They kept me going through some of the toughest times of my life

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      1. Aaron May‏ @yodamay 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame play games with them?

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      1. Lars Christoffersen‏ @lars_ole 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame had the same idea until these guys told me differently http://checkpointtherapy.dk/  made me wonder why games aren't used in education

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      1. Aprille Byam‏ @eileen53 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame Minecraft seems such a solitary game to me, but players connect to trade tips, howtos, inside jokes. A community forms.

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      1. Hernan Pelassini‏ @hernanp 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame make them play a game? Any multiplayer game. Clearly they never got close to a Wii or Wii U.

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      1. Mitch Kapler‏ @mitchykapler 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame ask them if they had friends when they grew up. and if they were born in 1978 or later. if not, pray for them. :)

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      1. Christopher Garrett‏ @czgarrett 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame there's also the assumption there that an absorbing solitary activity must be inherently bad. Like, reading a book?

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      1. Mike Skocko‏ @themaclab 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame Prism bends the lighted path, like notions preconceived http://maclab.guhsd.net/content/boss/dream-yet-complete … 2/2

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      1. Mike Skocko‏ @themaclab 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame I'll share that w/my students as we level our WoW guild after school today. Some adults just don't get it. 1/2

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      1. Kei, Library Witch‏ @keiraccoon 5 Dec 2012
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        @avantgame Once a friend of mine had guildies /from Australia/ stay with him when they went on vacation! Definitely meaningful!

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