{"id":1642,"date":"2011-04-02T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T16:46:05","slug":"the-ludologist-gamification-backlash-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/04\/02\/the-ludologist-gamification-backlash-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ludologist \u00bb Gamification Backlash Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Nice summary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesperjuul.net\/ludologist\/gamification-backlash-roundup\">The Ludologist \u00bb Gamification Backlash Roundup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For me the most important comment is this one:<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Deterding\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/dings\/pawned-gamification-and-its-discontents\">Pawned. Gamification and Its Discontents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGames are not fun <em>because <\/em>they are games, but <em>when <\/em>they are well-designed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1642'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1642);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1642);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1642);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Nice summary. The Ludologist \u00bb Gamification Backlash Roundup. For me the most important comment is this one: Sebastian Deterding\u2019s Pawned. Gamification and Its Discontents: \u201cGames are not fun because they are games, but when they are well-designed.\u201d Be the first &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/04\/02\/the-ludologist-gamification-backlash-roundup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[352,14],"tags":[31,342,13,126],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gamification-2","category-general","tag-game-studies","tag-games-gaming","tag-games-in-society","tag-gamification"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-qu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5760,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/25\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-new-infographic-but-still-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":1642,"position":0},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification : New Infographic, but still wrong.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This same group (Upside Learning) posted a very similar infographic back in June. Although a few things have been changed, the table they present to show the differences is identical to the one they published in June. Sadly, it may be simplified, but it's still as wrong now as it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"game-gbl-gamification","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/game-gbl-gamification-1024x8201.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/game-gbl-gamification-1024x8201.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/game-gbl-gamification-1024x8201.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1642,"position":1},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. This is one of the articles that apparently needed to be protected by flagging my post. This group defines gamification, serious games, and simulation like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BU072083","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BU072083-269x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4801,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/19\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification\/","url_meta":{"origin":1642,"position":2},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So many people are confused about the differences between these terms. Unfortunately, this article just muddies the waters further. Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification | The Upside Learning Blog. 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Part of the problem is that some people who are jumping on the gamification bandwagon don't actually know much about games. Like a great many other fads, gamification is viewed by some as a panacea -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2133,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/04\/24\/learnlets-kapps-gamification-for-learning-and-instruction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1642,"position":5},"title":"Learnlets \u00bb Kapp\u2019s Gamification for Learning and Instruction","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Clark Quinn has written a well considered review of a new book on Gamification. It's nice to see more people getting past all the superficial gamification hype. There's some good stuff here. 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