With fifth version, Civilization is still the best board game on the computer (review) Whenever a new version of Civilization hits the PC, productivity goes down around the world.
That’s the case with Sid Meier’s Civilization V, the new game developed by Firaxis Games and published by the 2K Games unit of Take-Two Interactive. It’s sort of like playing the board game Risk on your computer, but with many more sophisticated nuances and more strategic considerations to think through. Gamification gets its own conference. If a trend gets big enough, it usually gets its own conference.
That’s the case with “gamification,” or the use of game mechanics to make non-game material more engaging. That’s why organizers have created their first annual Gamification Summit 2011. The conference will feature experts in the art of making things that are normally boring — such as filling out surveys, shopping, or visiting web sites — more interesting by adding game-like features.
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