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shared by anonymous on 08 Nov 10 - No Cached

What we’re currently terming gamification is in fact the process of taking the thing that is least essential to games and representing it as the core of the experience.
- anonymous on 08 Nov 10
  
  There's also the issue of play. Games offer play. Achievements and points are merely reward structures.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There's also the issue of play. Games offer play. Achievements and points are merely reward structures.</div>
  
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Games give their players meaningful choices that meaningfully impact on the world of the game.
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They are the least important bit of a game, the bit that has the least to do with all of the rich cognitive, emotional and social drivers which gamifiers are intending to connect with.
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but neither points nor badges in any way constitute a game
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A world of badges and points only offers upwards escalation, and without the pain of loss and failure, these mean far less.
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Gamification is an inadvertent con. It tricks people into believing that there’s a simple way to imbue their thing (bank, gym, job, government, genital health outreach program, etc) with the psychological, emotional and social power of a great game.
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Gamification, as it stands, should actually be called poinstificatio
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