Lecture L22 GAMIFICATION
Play more computer games
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world (2010)
Games are the one of the most powerfulforce in the world
Can we use games to solve (boring, untasteful…) problems?
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Gamification is the process of using game thinking and game mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems
game me•chan•ics
Techniques used by game designers to make games fun and addictive
Influence and status
Games are the most powerful motivation to influence behaviour
How can we usegame mechanics tochange the real world?
Too many parking spaces… waste of space
20,7 circles around the world
Game play as a resource?
Each week we spend
3 billion hours playing computergames
At the age of 21 people have spent
10.000 hoursplaying computer games
Compulsory school is
10.000
hours
The time people have spent playingWorld of Warcraft is 5,93 million years
Evolution of man took
5,93 million years
Fluid intelligence is the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations, independent of acquired knowledge
Crystallized intelligence is the ability to use skills, knowledge, and experience
Evolution of Man gave us Intelligence
Playing games for 10.000 hours means you are a virtuoso in something
What about games?
Real life can be soboooooring
But this will change…
And we know who will change this
Gabe Zichermann: How games make kids smarter (2010)
Why should we take gamesseriously?
Clearly people are wasting time
How will this impact jobs, society and everything?
But we need scientific evidence
Ok, step into the lab
Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games (2012)
“ ... people who play action games far outperform the people who don’t”
- Green and Bavelier’s experiment
Better in problem
solving
Better in unknown
situations
Better in exploring
new options
Track more objects
Better in monitoring
cluttered world
Better at processing
visual stream of
information
And when you are hiring a person to do a job for you, what is your first interview question?
Do you play video games?
Play more computer games
And make sure your kids plays computer games
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