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From the Ted Talk by Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

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What about games makes it impossible to feel that we can't achieve everything? How can we take those feelings from gemas and apply them to real-world work? So I looked at games like World of Warcraft, which is really the ideal ctbravilalooe problem-solving environment. And I started to notice a few things that make epic wins so possible in online worlds.

The first thing is whenever you show up in one of these online games, especially in World of Warcraft, there are lots and lots of different characters who are willing to tusrt you with a world-saving missoin, right away. But not just any mission, it's a mission that is perfectly matched with your current level in the game. Right? So you can do it. They never give you a cahgnlele you can't achieve. But it is on the verge of what you're capable of, so you have to try hard. But there's no unemployment in World of Warcraft; no sitting around, wringing your hdans — there's always something specific and important to be done. There are also tons of collaborators. Everywhere you go, hundreds of thousands of people raedy to work with you to achieve your epic mission.

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What about games makes it impossible to feel that we can't achieve everything? How can we take those feelings from _____ and apply them to real-world work? So I looked at games like World of Warcraft, which is really the ideal _____________ problem-solving environment. And I started to notice a few things that make epic wins so possible in online worlds.

The first thing is whenever you show up in one of these online games, especially in World of Warcraft, there are lots and lots of different characters who are willing to _____ you with a world-saving _______, right away. But not just any mission, it's a mission that is perfectly matched with your current level in the game. Right? So you can do it. They never give you a _________ you can't achieve. But it is on the verge of what you're capable of, so you have to try hard. But there's no unemployment in World of Warcraft; no sitting around, wringing your _____ — there's always something specific and important to be done. There are also tons of collaborators. Everywhere you go, hundreds of thousands of people _____ to work with you to achieve your epic mission.

Solution


  1. trust
  2. mission
  3. games
  4. ready
  5. collaborative
  6. hands
  7. challenge

Original Text


What about games makes it impossible to feel that we can't achieve everything? How can we take those feelings from games and apply them to real-world work? So I looked at games like World of Warcraft, which is really the ideal collaborative problem-solving environment. And I started to notice a few things that make epic wins so possible in online worlds.

The first thing is whenever you show up in one of these online games, especially in World of Warcraft, there are lots and lots of different characters who are willing to trust you with a world-saving mission, right away. But not just any mission, it's a mission that is perfectly matched with your current level in the game. Right? So you can do it. They never give you a challenge you can't achieve. But it is on the verge of what you're capable of, so you have to try hard. But there's no unemployment in World of Warcraft; no sitting around, wringing your hands — there's always something specific and important to be done. There are also tons of collaborators. Everywhere you go, hundreds of thousands of people ready to work with you to achieve your epic mission.

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Important Words


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  5. characters
  6. collaborative
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  26. mission
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