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Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games

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Re: Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games

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Was posted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1138142

Awesome talk. He points out a number of psychological hooks that games are now using to interweave real life. And takes that to its logical conclusion (I won't spoil what this is) which actually seems mostly plausible and maybe even welcome to me -- given that one is able to anonymously opt-out of all the games/location-data publishing.

Re: Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games

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post #2

Was posted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1138142 Awesome talk. He points out a number of psychological hooks that games are now using to interweave real life. And takes that to its logical conclusion (I won't spoil what this is) which actually seems mostly plausible and maybe even welcome to me -- given that one is able to anonymously opt-out of all the games/location-data publishing.

Opt-out?

Well, this person needs our special attention. We sholud protect the society from all this "opt-outs".

Re: Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games

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I've been thinking along the lines of the thoughts he presents at the end of the presentation. Once data collection becomes easy, more people will live a reflective life and make better choices. We will also see less hypocrisy as the illusion of their perceived self, how they see themselves, is contrasted by their real behavior. A trivial example would be, X is my favorite food and Y is my favorite band. Well according to this data you eat Z instead of X, and you listen to B at a much greater frequency than you do Y.
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