"Long Game"

I really like this article; I enjoy hearing about new ideas people think will help better our world. I love what she’s trying to do but the real question is will it work? My honest opinion, I’d say no. It is totally unrealistic for McGonigal to get the whole world to play a 1,000-year long game. First of all who would want to play a game that would take you tons and tons of missions to beat, especially if it isn’t interesting. This society we live in today is all about peed. These days the games are 15 missions max. Let’s just say you did beat the game or even played the game for good length of time, why would that all of a sudden make you want to go out and change the world? I’ve played tons of games but I never had they made me want to change the world. My father could tell me go do something to better the environment and I probably wouldn’t do it so I know for sure a game couldn’t make me. McGonigal could get some people to invest their time; like in the article they referenced Michelle Obama and her apps for getting kids to lose weight.  McGonigal could gain some gamers that way over a period of time but nowhere near the amount of people she’s looking for. There are too many cons that go into this. What if your specific home doesn’t own a game console? Would everyone have to go out and by one? How many women do you know that want to sit at home and play missions on a video game? In the article she says that her games would have to be amusing for people to want to keep playing but how can you make a game amusing to all ages? That would be my biggest concern.  Can you make a game and actually all ages enjoy playing?