{"id":3870,"date":"2012-04-09T20:16:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T03:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disruptionblog.com\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2012-04-09T20:16:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T03:16:40","slug":"the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-gamification-webdesigntuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/2012\/04\/09\/the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-gamification-webdesigntuts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits and Pitfalls of Gamification | Webdesigntuts+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamification is becoming a hot commodity around the web, but what is it? Is it being used correctly? Let\u2019s have a look at various aspects of gamification and how they can be used and misused.<\/p>\n<p>Gamification is one of those buzz words you\u2019ve probably heard if you\u2019re involved in the internet industry. You\u2019ve probably run across it at some point (perhaps even on Envato sites!) In the same way that personification is the act of attributing characteristics of a person onto another object, gamification is the process of implementing game mechanics into a non-game activity or entity. The purpose is to increase engagement and investment of a user base.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/webdesign.tutsplus.com\/articles\/general\/the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-gamification\/\">The Benefits and Pitfalls of Gamification | Webdesigntuts+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamification is becoming a hot commodity around the web, but what is it? Is it being used correctly? Let\u2019s have a look at various aspects of gamification and how they can be used and misused. Gamification is one of those buzz words you\u2019ve probably heard if you\u2019re involved in the internet industry. You\u2019ve probably run &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/2012\/04\/09\/the-benefits-and-pitfalls-of-gamification-webdesigntuts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Benefits and Pitfalls of Gamification | Webdesigntuts+<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerolic.net\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}