• Coding Horror: Email: The Variable Reinforcement Machine
  (tags: incentives email productivity psychology)
• This Is The Only Level | Armor Games
  It's just one level, but the rule change, the controls change, the goals change, everything about it changes. But really, this is the only level
  (tags: games game flash gaming meta experimental)
• Play This Thing! | Game Reviews | Free Games | Independent Games | Game Culture
  A review of 2 meta games.
  The review is a lot of explaining the joke, not much thinking about the joke or taking it somewhere.
  (tags: games reviews meta critique)
• Achievement Unlocked | Armor Games
  "Who needs gameplay when you have ACHIEVEMENTS? Don't worry about beating levels, finding ways to kill enemies, or beating the final boss… there are none. Focus solely on your ultimate destiny… doing random tasks that have nothing to do with anything. Metagame yourself with ease! Self-satisfaction never felt so… artificial!"
  A brilliant critique of achievement systems in games, delivered as a game. I remember being disturbed and incented by these in Burnout: revenge.
  (tags: meta gaming reviews critique flash games game incentives)

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