TEDTalk: Reality is Broken

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The TEDTalk Video versus the Reality is Broken book contains many different rhetoric devices/aspects that inform and persuade the audience/reader of Jane McGonigal's idea of using games to make the world a better place. The idea sounds farfetched now, but Jane McGonigal explains that games could be made to focus on the problems in our world and to virtually fix and solve those problems with many creative and innovative thinkers/gamers.

The TEDTalk Video allows the audience and viewers to immediately see Jane McGonigal's passion for her plan to solve the problems around our world. The audience can see the multimodal examples that she prepares for each of her sessions. For example, she includes videos, images, and rhetorical questions that intrigues the curiosity of the audience and persuades them to believe that games can make a huge impact on the world and its problems.

The Reality is Broken book on the other hand gives a different impact and impression on the readers than the people that see Jane McGonigal speak about her idea. The book contains all of McGonigal's organized thoughts and ideas that allow the reader to absorb and learn about each game and their goals in full detail. The book only contains written text and possibly a few images that does not give various multimodal examples.