Either way it's "Game-ification," meaning to turn something into a game. At Pennsylvania State University, in 2006, its student-produced newspaper appears to be the first to put it into print when it warned that "The 'gamification' of romance sends the wrong message to kids raised on video games." Excellent point.
Read MoreIn the wake of the Great GameStop Rebellion, which pitted the proletariat against their hedge-fund oppressors, it's worth hitting pause to reflect on the peculiar origins of what may be the world's favorite board game: Monopoly, brainchild of an unemployed Germantown native, Charles Darrow, who would become the first game inventor ever to become a millionaire.
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