Earlier today, Gabe Zichermann had an Op-Ed go live on The Huffington Post entitled The Hard Truths of Gamification, in which he addresses most of the misunderstandings revolving around gamification and describes all of gamification’s clear triumphs in during the last two years.
Gabe describes a number of significant gamification successes in business, education, and health to support his arguments and lays down a strong foundation for an anyone dealing with a gamification skeptic. Although, not everybody was convinced and in true gamified fashion, Gabe was awarded this particular badge:
This defense of #gamification wins maximum hubris badge. Frames critique as factless. cc: @ibogost & @dingstweets huffingtonpost.com/gabe-zicherman…
— Evan Selinger (@EvanSelinger) January 23, 2013
What do you think? Is gamification the future of motivation or do his arguments fall flat? Read the full article and decide for yourself.
