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Games and Gamification (feat. C. Thi Nguyen)

Overthink

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The Dangers of Gamification

Anna Copley: Gamification is a form of what Jean Baudrillard would call the hyper real. Games are meant to be played in a pure space that's separate from the rest of the world, she says. But once they start to seep into reality and the lines are blurred, we can find ourselves in situations where the worst aspects of humanity have become unleashed on reality, Anna adds.

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