Jane McGonigal on Boing Boing Boing

In episode 13 of the boing boing podcast, the boing boingers interview Jane McGonigal, an alternate reality game designer. I found the interview fascinating. I love her description of ARGs—a virtual world that exists in the real world—and I enjoyed listening to her enthuse about all the things ARGs can accomplish. She talks about the sense of community, real-world interactions, and cooperative solving efforts that bring people together in global alliances. She talks about the importance of story, and notes that her background as a theater geek is more useful to her than her background as a tech geek.

I didn't note where the interview starts; there's a bit of "The Week In Boing Boing" patter that happens at the beginning. For once, though, I didn't find that annoying.