You've Been Played [electronic resource] : How Corporations, Governments and Schools Use Games to Control Us All
Adrian Hon2022
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How games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation - and what we can
do about it
Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen.
If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired.
Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China
scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use
achievements to empty your wallet.
Points, badges and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life.
In You've Been Played, game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown
of how corporations, schools and governments use games and gamification as tools
for profit and coercion. These are games that we often have no choice but to
play, where losing has heavy penalties. You've Been Played is a scathing
indictment of a tech-driven world that wants to convince us that misery is fun,
and a call to arms for anyone who hopes to preserve their dignity and autonomy.
Main title:
Author:
Adrian Hon, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Swift Press, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781800751989
Language:
English
BRN:
434065
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |