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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013

    Also I will answer random questions on Twitter right now until my plane lands in 45 minutes :)

    8:55 PM - 10 Apr 2013
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      2. Heidi Roycroft‏ @Hroycroft 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame I shared TED "games making world better" and my 7-8 graders thought it was a bad idea to play more video games. WWJD (Jane do)?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @Hroycroft

        @Hroycroft clearly you need to assign the book :)

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      4. Heidi Roycroft‏ @Hroycroft 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame Yes! We have Minecraft, do you have any other suggestions?

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @Hroycroft

        @Hroycroft Portal!

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      2. Artur Bergman (山男)‏ @crucially 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame how do I escape?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @crucially

        @crucially start throwing food at them???

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      4. Artur Bergman (山男)‏ @crucially 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame they would probably enjoy it

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @crucially

        @crucially I would go up to them as say you have informed the FCC via Twitter about their plans to circumvent insider trading :)

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      2. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame If you could reassure your childhood self about one thing, what would it be?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @esdin

        @esdin what a lovely question. honestly to not feel fat or ugly. I was a typical teenager/college woman.

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      4. You and 52 others‏ @kragen 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame @esdin Wow. Do you tell young women that now?

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @kragen

        @kragen @esdin I should!

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      6. You and 52 others‏ @kragen 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame @esdin I wonder if there's something more effective we could do for young women than merely tell them not to worry about ugly/fat

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      7. Ted DiNola ᴠɪʀᴛᴜᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛ‏Verified account @esdin 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @kragen

        @kragen @avantgame continue working to suppress the cultural ideas that promote those feelings?

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      8. End of conversation
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      2. Colum Slevin‏Verified account @colum 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame what are you playing these days?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @colum

        @Colum nothing that's not on my iphone (travel) but new Bioshock is next!

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      4. Colum Slevin‏Verified account @colum 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame current favorite iPhone game?

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
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        @Colum don't hate me -- Curiosity

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      6. Colum Slevin‏Verified account @colum 10 Apr 2013
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        @avantgame dammit that is addictive

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      2. The Answer‏ @ATerribleIdea 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame How?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @ATerribleIdea

        @ATerribleIdea now brown cow?

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      4. The Answer‏ @ATerribleIdea 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame When Is Coffee? #persistent #patient #ImpendingCoffee

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      5. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @ATerribleIdea

        @ATerribleIdea you know I have only been at home for 5 days in 2013 right? :(

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      6. The Answer‏ @ATerribleIdea 10 Apr 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame I'm not keeping track, but I had the gist. I've been trying to aim for "remindy"

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