Games, gamification, and a very-interesting sounding guy

[eve_prime]

Here's a gift article in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/books/review/why-keeping-score-isnt-fun-anymore.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.CjIs.1ZWFNAS3PjHJ&smid=url-share

Comments

[heleninwales]

I've found that gamification and challenges can work well for me, but often they only work for a certain length of time, then the motivation falls off sharply. I also don't like the way everything now has to be gamified. Why do I need a streak on Wordle? If I want to just do a puzzle occasionally, I shouldn't be made to feel bad that I'm not doing it every single day.

[eve_prime]

I'm very interested to read what he says about the conditions where we can enjoy gamification and those where we don't care for it.