Adrian Hon, "You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All" (Basic Books, 2022)Adrian Hon, "You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All" (Basic Books, 2022)
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Game in the Street
Games are repurposing game design concepts like achievements, trading cards and loot boxes in order to maximize engagement and profit. In-app purchases allow you to skip the boring parts of the game but games that are just incredibly long aren't as fun for some people. And so I'd argue that that is a place where video games are essentially using gamification, using progress bars, using kind of like grindy missions,. That sort of thing to try and just make more money.
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