Should We Play? Gamification. Gamification:Why Should we Play. Gamification has come under some fire from gamers recently, specifically since this post from Ian Bogost (since republished in The Atlantic).
It could be the beginning of a backlash against the use of video games and game culture in a wide variety of spaces. Bogost is ruthless in his attack on the corporate world's foray into gaming, but what of serious games and the broader concepts around gamification and game-based learning in education?