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    1. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 19 Sep 2013

      Finally someone gets that I am an existentialist! (Seriously.) The Myth of Sisyphus is my bible.http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/when-work-is-a-game-who-wins.html …

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    2. Drew Messinger-Michaels‏ @drewmmichaels 19 Sep 2013
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      @avantgame We must imagine Sisyphus happy.

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      Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 19 Sep 2013
      Replying to @drewmmichaels

      . @drewmmichaels Gaming is the art of imagining Sisyphus happy. Every game is a rock we CHOOSE to roll up a hill.

      4:01 PM - 19 Sep 2013
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        2. Chris George‏ @ChrisGrgGames 19 Sep 2013
          Replying to @avantgame

          @avantgame That is seriously the most beautiful description of gaming I've ever heard.

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        3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 19 Sep 2013
          Replying to @ChrisGrgGames

          @csgeorge aww. thanks.

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        2. Kevin Allen Jr‏ @kevinallenjr 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame I feel like that should be written on the blackboard as everyone walks into class on day 1 of game design school

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        3. Hannah Nicklin‏ @hannahnicklin 20 Sep 2013
          Replying to @kevinallenjr

          .@kevinallenjr @avantgame Fuck learning to love the task. Break it up. Make a better one. Know that you can walk away.

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        4. Kevin Allen Jr‏ @kevinallenjr 20 Sep 2013
          Replying to @hannahnicklin

          @hannahnicklin @avantgame I agree with your sentiment, but I think your getting tangled up in the metaphor. We're all waving the same flag

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        5. Hannah Nicklin‏ @hannahnicklin 20 Sep 2013
          Replying to @kevinallenjr

          .@kevinallenjr don't agree. Find an instrumental approach to games dangerous; when set out to 'produce' which is the McGonigal rhetoric.

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        1. Dieter Merkl‏ @di_me 20 Sep 2013
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          Great Definition! MT @avantgame: .Gaming is the art of imagining Sisyphus happy. Every game is a rock we CHOOSE to roll up a hill.

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        1. Dayson Pasión‏ @MrDpasion 19 Sep 2013
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          MT “@avantgame: Gaming is the art of imagining Sisyphus happy. Every game is a rock we CHOOSE to roll up a hill.” #levelupED #stuchoice

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        1. Gord McLeod‏ @GordMcLeod 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame Oh man, I love that quote. That sums up so many things so well.

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        2. lee TMI colleton‏ @sleepylemur 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame @drewmmichaels Sisyphus had to toil alone, but there is an echo in MMORPG grinding that feels a bit like like rock rolling

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        3. Drew Messinger-Michaels‏ @drewmmichaels 19 Sep 2013
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          @sleepylemur @avantgame Right, and that's where you get into Žižek and how you're both always and never alone when you're part of a network.

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        1. Stanley J. Maliackal‏ @Stan911nfs 22 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame @therealcliffyb @drewmmichaels A nice analogy

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        1. Kurt Hoyt‏ @kurtinatlanta 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame Corollary: if you're not happy, find a different rock?

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        1. Kurt Hoyt‏ @kurtinatlanta 19 Sep 2013
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          RT @avantgame: Gaming is the art of imagining Sisyphus happy. Every game is a rock we CHOOSE to roll up a hill.

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        1. Liz Millikin‏ @eamillikin 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame @drewmmichaels Yup. Gorgeous.

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        1. Drew Messinger-Michaels‏ @drewmmichaels 19 Sep 2013
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          @avantgame I love that Rock of Ages literally has you play as Sisyphus. I once told @theACETeam so. Carlos thought I was overthinking it. :P

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