On the subject of gamification – turning things/activities that aren’t games into games – Greg Costikyan gets it 100% right.
The Problem with Gamification…[Play This Thing, via Super Punch]
The Problem With Gamification
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For a while, I was having issues with motivation. I introduced an ‘xp’ point system to compell myself to do mundane tasks that needed doing, but were nonetheless going undone.
I gave the tasks more interesting names, like quests you might see in an MMO. Completing tasks accumulated xp, until I reached a target and ‘levelled’. Leveling involved treating myself to a reward of some kind.
Quests were repeated until they became habitual.
I must admit, I borrowed the core idea from Fitocracy, and I don’t use it anymore, but it was an interesting experiment that seemed to yield positive results.
I think the ‘quest’ format greatly improved on what would otherwise be a boring to-do list
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Indeed. Even though you’re consciously aware that the system rewards you with nothing tangible it does help motivate you.
This “article” is both garbage AND completely wrong. I’d like to see Luke ‘Lazy’ Plunkett or Greg Costikyan ‘gamify’ a classroom with money. I taught English classes in South Korea with a self developed ‘gamified’ system and was the envy of all other Korean native teachers when kids were leaping out of their seats in my classes to answer questions and learn, where in non-gamified classes the kids were just sitting around, bored stiff, not learning.
Hey Plunkett and Costikyan, how about you replace what I achieved, for zero cost, with your buckets of money and see how much better you fair. Judging on your journalism skills, you must be rolling in it.
If this kind of *cough* journalism continues, I’m switching back to IGN.
It works wonders in education, especially in Computer Science. Richard Buckland did a lecture on it.
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Damn you, sir!! I was getting drunk to watch a really trashy z-grade film and now I’m watching this dude talk to me about gamification and cattle and pavlov!
To be fair, money isn’t given out for deeds or accomplishments, the bulk mass is dished out for screwing other people out of it.
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Welcome to Being Logical 101!
Of all the numerous people who have taken this class I’d like to mention those who haven’t;
KotakuUS staff
Lindsay Lohan
Greg Costikyan
Paris Hilton
KotakuUS fans
Sarah Palin
and many many more.
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I know it’s a one sentence article with a picture, but I can’t hate on this for some reason. I dunno.
It’s a good quote, but I guess a quote alone doesn’t make an article? Maybe this should have been saved for one of those qu
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