The MVCC library is promoting board games this week. There are various games in the display cases and they all have different game pieces, number of players, goals, etc. But they all have one thing in common: human interaction. I may not have noticed this particular exhibit had I not just read an article on “gamification.” The board game with those colorful, old-fashioned game boxes are the polar opposite of the games that are described in the article.
Read this article on how “marketers are trying to make life easier by borrowing techniques from the gaming industry.” It is a fascinating theory and it will certainly make you ponder the pros and cons of the gamification saturation in our world. Check out the links in the article. The MVCC library owns one of the books mentioned: Irresistible. Why not check out the list of board games that are located in the MVCC catalog.