Press
Press
Check this space for big announcements and links to news coverage where you can read, listen and watch some of the people who have been talking about SuperBetter:
Positive Routines: The Best 11 Apps to Track Your Happiness in 2018, July 5, 2018
Fortune Magazine: 7 Apps Designed to Help Reduce Depression and Anxiety, June 8, 2018
Motivate Amaze Be GREAT: 5 Personal Development Apps to Improve Your Life, June 2018
Health Horizon: Five Apps for Mental Health that Actually Work, May 24, 2018
MATTER: These MATTER Startups Are Transforming Mental Health Care, May 22, 2018
Chronogram: A Digital Approach to Mental Health, May 1, 2018
Review Geek: 6 Great Apps to Build New Habits, March 29, 2018
Cosmopolitan: 13 Apps to Help With Mental Health Issues, March 13, 2018
girlboss: 3 Female Tech Founders Spill the Career Advice You Actually Need, March 7, 2018
Gadgets & Wearables: Mental Health Apps that are Pushing the Bar Higher, February 5, 2018
Chief Learning Officer: The Road to Growth is Paved with Games, Janaury 16, 2018
Shape Magazine: The Best Therapy and Mental Health Apps, January 8, 2018
Medical News Today: The Top 10 Mental Health Apps, January 8, 2018
Psychology Today: The Best Happiness Apps of 2018, January 4, 2018
Crest.BD: Top 5 Anxiety Apps of 2017, December 28, 2017
Success Magazine: 25 Successful People Who'll Help Change Your Life in 2018, December 1, 2017
Jane McGonigal at the BCX Disrupt Conference in South Africa, November 29, 2017
Refinery29: Can Tech Help You Learn How To Concentrate Again?, November 11, 2017
ACS Information Age: How Gaming Makes You a Better Worker, November 6, 2017
The Australian Business Review: Much at Play for Video Game Generation, October 31, 2017
Third Coast Review: Hey Play! Games in Modern Culture Celebrates the Art of Play (SuperBetter featured at Chicago Design Museum Exhibit), October 24, 2017
Note to Self: Play Video Games for Your Mental Health, October 17, 2017
Press Release: New SuperBetter At Work™ Helps Employers Build a More Resilient Workforce, October 5, 2017
World Psychiatry Journal: The Efficacy of Smartphone-Based Mental Health Interventions for Depressive Syptoms: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies, SuperBetter had the greatest effect!), September 21, 2017
Reader's Digest: The Science-Backed Way Cell Phones Could Heal Concussions Faster, September 2017
USA Today High School Sports: Study: Playing Smartphone App Helps Concussion Recovery in Teens, August 17, 2017
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center: Study: Playing Smartphone App Aids Concussion Recovery in Teens, August 16, 2017
Journal of Affective Disorders: Can Smartphone Mental Health Interventions Reduce Symptoms of Anxiety? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (SuperBetter had the greatest effect!), August 2017
The Today Show, Australia: Kick Goals Using SuperBetter, June 11, 2017
Aspen Ideas Festival: Jane McGonigal: The Future of Imagination, June 6, 2017
TEDX Skoll: Jane's Latest TED Talk: The Future is Dark (and that is a Good Thing), April 21, 2017
Slate: Our Puny Human Brains Are Terrible at Thinking About the Future, April 13, 2017
Resources to Recover: SuperBetter: The App that Turns Mental Health into a Winning Game, February 28, 2017
TED Talks: SuperBetter #2 on this list of 'Surprisingly viral TED Talks', February 27, 2017
Parade Magazine: 3 Expert Tips to Make Your New Year Super Better, December 22, 2016
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Building Community Resilience; The Power of Living Gamefully (Webcast), December 13, 2016
Growth Engineering: 10 Serious Games that Changed the World, November 2016
Positivest: SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully by Jane McGonigal, November 2, 2016
GeekDad: Getting SuperBetter: Exercises to Curb Distractions for Kids, October 19, 2016
24Life: The Power of Living Gamefully, September, 2016
Readers Digest: Brain Games That Improve Your Mood, September 2016
WNYC: The Secret to Making Video Games Good for You, September 21, 2016
US News & World Report: The Health Benefits of Living Gamefully: September 19, 2016
Jane McGonigal: "SuperBetter Q&A" l Talks at Google, June 14, 2016
Jane's SuperBetter TED Talk Surpasses 5.5 Million Views, May 2016
Geek & Sundry: Get Better with SuperBetter the Video Game that Heals, May 26, 2016
USA TODAY: 'SuperBetter' Author Explains How Games Help with Extreme Stress, March 9, 2016
World Economic Forum: Can Video Games Help Create a Better World?, March 2, 2016
Peoples Pharmacy: Get SuperBetter: How Games Can Improve Your Health and Your Life, February 20, 2016
National Obesity Foundation: Turning Obesity and Depression into a Game You Can Win, February 9, 2016
Chidrens Hospital Association: How the Gamification of Healthcare can Help Patients, February 2, 2016
Wisconsin Public Radio: Want to Be Happier? Turn Everyday Tasks into a Game, January 10, 2016
iMedicalApps: SuperBetter Role Playing Game App Effective in Treatment of Concussion, December 31, 2015
Nerdist: SuperBetter: Using a Gameful Mindset to Get Better, December 31, 2015
Heleo: How Smarter Video Game Play Can Fight Depression, December 30, 2015
Slate: How Video Games Can Teach Your Brain to Fight Depression, November 9, 2015
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: Symptoms Associated with Concussion in Adolescents are Alleviated Through Use of Gamified Health App, October 29, 2015
Psychology Today: It’s Time to Think Like a Gamer, October 2015
Forbes: Video Games Can Make Kids Healthier, Happier, And More Successful in School: September 26, 2015
Technical.ly Brooklyn: Here Are the Benefits of a 'Gameful Mindset' in Everyday Life, September 17, 2015
CBS This Morning: Become More Resilient with these SuperBetter Quests, September 16, 2015
Gabe Zichermann: Improving Individual Resilience with Jane McGonigal, September 9, 2015
The Joe Rogan Experience: Interview with Jane McGonigal, September 8, 2015
Marketplace: Gaming to Ease Mental and Emotional Health Problems, September 8, 2015
The Memo: 5 of the Best Mental Health Apps, September 2, 2015
Lifehacker: I’m Jane McGonigal, Game Designer and Author, and This Is How I Work, September 1, 2015
Innovation for Real Change, September 1, 2015
Longreads: How to Get SuperBetter, September 2015
O Magazine: A 5 Minute Exercise that will Boost Your Mood, August 2015
Jane McGonigal on the Tim Ferriss Show: The Health Benefits of Gaming, July 28, 2015
Gadget: 5 of the Best Mental Health Apps (SuperBetter is #1), June 26, 2015
Wall Street Journal: Jane McGonigal on The Future of Games, April 26, 2015
Modern Nursing Blog: Nurse Practitioners: Help Your Patients Feel SuperBetter, April 7, 2015
American Heart Association’s Heart Insights Magazine: Game On! Spring 2015
NPR TED Radio Hour: How Can Video Games Improve our Real Lives, March 27, 2015
Wall Street Journal: Different Way to Treat Depression: Games, May 5, 2014
Jane McGonigal's SuperBetter TED Talk, The Game That Can Give You Ten Extra Years of Life, June 2012
Jane McGonigal's first TED Talk, Gaming Can Make a Better World, February 2010