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Nils Pihl's Blog

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Gamification is a dirty word
Posted by Nils Pihl on Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:56:00 EST in Design, Serious
Every now and then a word comes along that captures the imagination of everyone it touches. Almost overnight these words spread across our collective consciousness and alter the tone and content of our conversations.
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Comment In: When Players Make the Rules: On Memes and the Meta-Game [Feature - 11/15/2012 - 04:40]
I must be missing something, ... I must be missing something, Mark. r n r n creating the bad behavior to spread doesn 't seem like plain English to me, and I still disagree that you are actually creating synonymous sentences. r n r nAgain, I am happy to agree to disagree. I will take your ...

Comment In: Gamification is a dirty word [Blog - 11/17/2012 - 11:56]
Glad you 're following my ... Glad you 're following my work, Mark.

Comment In: Why players ruined Modern Warfare for themselves [News - 11/15/2012 - 09:42]
I can 't seem to ... I can 't seem to reply to your comment, Joshua... Gamasutra is timing out. Trying again: r n r nTetris is not that interesting from a meme point of view, being a single player game with no built-in way of observing the behaviors of others.

Comment In: Persuasive Games: Exploitationware [Feature - 05/03/2011 - 04:25]
I do like the words ... I do like the words Pointsification and Hookware. r n r nThe word gamification, and it 's success, has really made it a lot harder to make a living for me.

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