Dave Gilsonprofiles “gamer guru” Jane McGonigal:
McGonigal estimates that humans have spent nearly 6 million cumulative years playing World of Warcraft—about the same amount of time that’s elapsed since our ancestors first walked on two legs. Thus, she claims, gamers are not simply enjoying themselves, they’re literally evolving in real time. Never mind that Americans watch nearly 29 million years of TV every single year, yet no one suggests our living rooms are a modern-day Olduvai Gorge.
Paragraphs like this remind me of how happy I am that I stopped playing World of Warcraft.
