The author of this article straddles two camps of thought about games: "Gamification seeks to turn the world into one giant chore chart covered with achievement stickers — the kind of thing parents design for their children — though it raises the potentially terrifying question of who the parents are" -- and -- "Part of the point of letting them seduce you... is to come out the other side a more interesting and self-aware person; more conscious of your habits, weaknesses, desires and strengths."

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