# Are games better than life?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2006
- Speaker: David Perry
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_perry_are_games_better_than_life)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Game designer David Perry says tomorrow's videogames will be more than mere fun to the next generation of gamers. They'll be lush, complex, emotional experiences -- more involving and meaningful to some than real life. With an excerpt from Michael Highland's film "As Real as Your Life."

## Lectures

1. [Are games better than life?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_perry_are_games_better_than_life/d926a731d2c0), 21 min (TED's player)