{"product_id":"youve-been-played-adrian-hon-9781541600171","title":"You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow games are being harnessed as instruments of exploitation--and what we can do about it \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoints, badges, and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. In \u003ci\u003eYou've Been Played\u003c\/i\u003e, game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools, and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion. These are games that we often have no choice but to play, where losing has heavy penalties.\u003ci\u003e You've Been Played\u003c\/i\u003e is a scathing indictment of a tech-driven world that wants to convince us that misery is fun, and a call to arms for anyone who hopes to preserve their dignity and autonomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Hon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541600177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541600171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023","brand":"Adrian Hon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067363127551,"sku":"9781541600171","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56f59e9d-cb19-4d89-b6df-515ca7b5c7e3.jpg?v=1685412781","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/youve-been-played-adrian-hon-9781541600171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}