Thousands from the computer graphics community might live a little longer if they attended Monday’s keynote at annual computer graphics confab Siggraph, taking place this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Game developer and futurist Jane McGonigal — director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, Calif., and author of Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make us Better and How they Can Change the World (2011) — believes that games can make us more optimistic, more resilient. STORY: Jane McGonigal: How Video Games Can Change Your Life She did extensive research, and she explained that scientific studies suggest playing games can and have helped those with autism, ADHD, PTSD and even cancer Continue reading →