You've Been Played: How Corporations, Governments, and Schools Use Games to Control Us All
by Adrian Hon · 14 Sep 2022 · 371pp · 107,141 words
Copyright © 2022 by Adrian Hon Cover design by Ann Kirchner Cover image © Irina Strelnikova / Shutterstock.com Cover copyright © 2022 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right
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Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hon, Adrian, author. Title: You’ve been played : how corporations, governments, and schools use games to control us all / Adrian Hon. Description: New York : Basic Books, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2021059463 | ISBN 9781541600171 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541600195 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Social control. | Social
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RESEARCH” Chapter Eight: THE WORLD AS GAME Chapter Nine: THE TREASURY OF MERIT Chapter Ten: ESCAPING SOFTLOCK Acknowledgements Discover More About the Author Also by Adrian Hon Notes Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. INTRODUCTION A WAREHOUSE WORKER PICKS A BOOK FROM A TRAY AND
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. At least a few took the interviewer seriously, with this comment receiving more than 260 upvotes and around a dozen replies: Joey: Anyone else notice [Adrian Hon] and his Freudian slip where he says “he’d be delighted if no one finds out who HE is (Cicada 3301)” up to that point
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Margaret. Discover Your Next Great Read Get sneak peeks, book recommendations, and news about your favorite authors. Tap here to learn more. Credit: Joshua Fray ADRIAN HON IS THE CEO AND founder of independent games developer Six to Start. He is the cocreator of Zombies, Run!, an immersive running game with over
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author of A History of the Future in 100 Objects and has written about technology for the Telegraph. He lives in Edinburgh, UK. Also by Adrian Hon A History of the Future in 100 Objects NOTES CHAPTER ONE: THE RISE OF GAMIFICATION 1. Claire Voon, “Dazzling and Didactic Board Games from the
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,” Slate, March 29, 2011, https://slate.com/technology/2011/03/gamification-ditching-reality-for-a-game-isn-t-as-fun-as-it-sounds.html. 32. Adrian Hon, “Can a Game Save the World?” MSSV, March 9, 2010, https://mssvnet/2010/03/09/can-a-game-save-the-world. 33. David I. Waddington
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for America,” Independent, August 29, 2008, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-vows-to-deliver-a-better-future-for-america-912517.html. 76. Adrian Hon, “Can a Game Save the World?” MSSV, March 9, 2010, https://mssv.net/2010/03/09/can-a-game-save-the-world. 77. “Engagement and
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Plot Behind ‘A.I.’ Web Mystery,” USA Today, updated June 28, 2001, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2001-06-22-ai-plot.htm. 7. Adrian Hon, “The Guide X: A Tale of the A.I. Trail,” Vavatch Orbital, updated September 2, 2001, https://web.archive.org/web/20170330225001/http://vavatch.co
A New History of the Future in 100 Objects: A Fiction
by Adrian Hon · 5 Oct 2020 · 340pp · 101,675 words
A NEW HISTORY OF THE FUTURE IN 100 OBJECTS A Fiction Adrian Hon The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2020 Adrian Hon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information
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used fictitiously. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hon, Adrian, author. Title: A new history of the future in 100 objects : a fiction / Adrian Hon. Other titles: A new history of the future in one hundred objects Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020] Identifiers: LCCN 2019059150 | ISBN 9780262539371 (paperback
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning
by Justin E. H. Smith · 22 Mar 2022 · 198pp · 59,351 words
praise and blame. This transformation is shaping the way we understand not only interpersonal relationships, but also political movements. According to the video-game designer Adrian Hon, the QAnon conspiracy theory, whose supporters became a vigorous and multitudinous force backing Donald Trump in the later phase of his presidency, might best be
Fun Inc.
by Tom Chatfield · 13 Dec 2011 · 266pp · 67,272 words
-related, including: Naomi Alderman, Richard Bartle, Adam ‘Mogwai’ Brouwer, Michael Bywater, Peter Bazalgette, Edward Castronova, Jenova Chen, Timothy Crosby, Julian Dibbell, Jim Greer, Dawn Hallybone, Adrian Hon, Rupert Humphries, Raph Koster, Liz & Ville Lehtonen, Sam Leith, Simon Levene, Jason ‘Jagarr’ & Kim ‘Lambytoes’ Long, Nicholas Lovell, Adam Martin, Jon ‘Magicmoocow’ Matheson (aka Baxie
The Power
by Naomi Alderman · 9 Oct 2017 · 363pp · 105,689 words
masculinity chat to Bill Thompson, Ekow Eshun, Mark Brown, Dr Benjamin Ellis, Alex Macmillan, Marsh Davies. Thanks for early discussions to Seb Emina and to Adrian Hon, who knows the future like I used to know God: as immanent and shining. Thanks to Peter Watts for walking me through the marine biology