021 - Achievements, Goals, and Motivation in Games

Achievements, trophies, badges, and similar rewards are ever present in video games. The assumption seems to be that they motivate players to keep playing a game in order to reach some goal or get some reward, but is that always so? In this episode I talk with Michael Hanus about when these kinds of things work and when they don't. About the podcast: Subscribe in iTunes here Podcast RSS Feed Previous episodes Audio Credits: "Robot Motivation" by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 "Bicycle" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License "Over Under" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License