Ran across an interesting book that might make a good discussion on a future show!
Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken: Why Games Make us Better and How they Can Change the World looks interesting. I'm not familiar with any of the author's previous work, but the review I saw on Wired piqued my interest.
According to the article, McGonigal argues that games shouldn't be looked at as escapist pursuits, but as a source for isolating areas in the real world that need improvement - and that games can be used to enhance reality and make the world a somewhat happier place to be.

Has anyone else run into McGonigal's work before? Anyone planning to read this one?