Dr. Jane McGonigal presented a very informative presentation. She was very outspoken and confident about what she had to say. The approach that she took on the subject made it very easy, to capture her audience’s attention. Trying to find a common ground with her audience was obviously a great first step. The fact that she took the time to try and relate with her audience, as well as the time to try and explain herself and how she feels about her topic may have made it much easier for the audience to take her seriously. The audience may feel a sense of comfort from her, which makes it easier for them to listen to everything she has to say, as well as trying to understand her opinion in a respectable way. Dr. McGonigal was very informational she used a lot of statistics that were found with much research from creditable institutions. She then shared topics and information that was important to today’s society. She made all of her main points, while including many logos to support them. The way the speaker presented her speech I felt as if I had no choice but to analyze everything she said. She carried herself in such a demanding manor, it was apparent that she wanted to get her point across. She started off with her main idea, “How increasing the hours of game play can help save the world.” Her studies show that “gamers” play an average of 3 billion hours a week. In order for her theory to come true she purposes that everyone play at least an hour of games a day, this would eventually lead to 21 billion hours per week.  However, she isn’t talking about any old video game but games that help improve human skills. These skills would include things such as urgent optimism, social skills, productivity, and challenge skills, each and every one of these areas are very important to obtain when it comes to real world situations. If one is able to master every one of these areas, they are more likely to enjoy real life more than the average person who may feel they are receiving no type of credit for the things they do in life. As well as enjoying life, one will find it much easier to overcome many situations that may come their way in life. Knowing that you have the skills to do so can make things a lot less complicated on an individual. Dr.McGongial used a great example while trying to close up her speech; she explained to us an ancient Greek kingdom which may have been saved by the simple use of games. Kingdom Lidia was in a time of deep depression and suffering, there wasn’t much to do to enlighten the horrid time they were going through. Therefore, an invention was created out of sheep knuckles to provide entertainment for the people around, this invention was dice. It was said that one simple game saved a whole civilization, half of a civilization moved to find new living environments which made it easier for the other half to live. There was recent evidence found that could possible prove this theory true. The speaker set up her presentation very well from beginning to end; she had my full attention and truly convinced me in what she had to say. However, I feel as if I would need more evidence to prove that an effective outcome would come out of all of this. Dr. McGonigal was a very intriguing speaker with great ideas; I believe she has the potential to take her study very far.