beta_helix Staff Lv 1
Last night's guest on The Colbert Report was Jane McGonigal talking about how the world needs more gamers to change the world.
She mentioned that there are games out there "working on curing cancer, ending poverty and stopping climate change."
Steven Colbert then asked "Do they work?"
Jane replied "So far this year 57,000 gamers co-authored a paper for Nature Journal, the prestigious scientific journal, they didn't have any training in biochemistry at all, but they played a game that helped them co-author a paper."
The interview is now up on the Colbert Nation website (although it might not be available worldwide):
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/373360/february-03-2011/jane-mcgonigal
