Jane McGonigal knows that gamers are the most motivated towards success and that through games we are trained to win. This is a potent factor that lead her to the creation of EVOKE.
Changing the world seems like an unbearable task. However, EVOKE agents are on a mission to prove that individuals can network together and do it, and make it fun, too! Forming groups, and encouraging creatively inspired new ideas to combat against real problems that the world faces. This is a game developed by the World Bank Institute and they choose to use Jane as the director because of her incredible alternate reality game mastery. Season One of EVOKE was dedicated to helping improve situations in Africa. Its success earned it the #1 Social Game of the Year award. EVOKE agents tackled the real world problems of food security, energy, water security, disaster relief, poverty, pandemic, education, and human rights. (more…)








