Gamers typically spend hours embarking on quests, unlocking new ranges, and accumulating badges. But what about when elements of video games begin popping up in different elements of life—like work, faculty, and train?
Adrian Hon created the health app “Zombies, Run!” and has thought rather a lot about how the rules of gaming have crept into so many alternative corners of our lives, and why it could not all the time be as harmless because it appears.
Ira and co-host Kathleen Davis speak with Adrian Hon, creator of You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All. Hon can be the CEO and founding father of the sport developer, Six to Start, primarily based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Read an excerpt of You’ve Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, And Schools Use Games To Control Us All.
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