Yellow Menace Gamecast Episode 8 – Gamification is Bullshit

This week we take on Gamification – mostly. We start out talking about gamification and then, as is our wont, we wander off deep into the woods and start chatting about what separates Zynga games from MMO’s, achievement points, NASCAR romance novels, and various other things.

Most notably, we deliver what inadvertantly becomes a post-mortem of Dungeons and Dragons 4e – and speculate about 5e’s impending release. For context, it’s important to note this was recorded back in November, two months before an official announcement had been made.

Show Notes:

• Podgecast Gamification Episode(s) – 156 & 157
• Neuro Linguistic Programming
• Evony ad campaign
• The Psychology of Massively Multi-User Online Role-Playing Games
• who killed videogames (a ghost story)
• Analysis: The Psychology Behind Item Collecting And Achievement Hoarding
• Is Your Life Just One Big RPG? — Mind-Blowing Speech From DICE 2010
• Jennisodes – Ken Hite at Metatopia
• Skill Challenges @ Critical Hits.com
• ICv2 – ‘Monte Cook Back on D&D
• Harlequin NASCAR romance novels

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