Want to Play a Game? Part 2

Part 2 of a conversation with Alison and Jason on gamification. Part 1 can be viewed here: • Want to Play a Game? p...

[@roryks]

Have you heard of Upload? Essentially, it's a sitcom based on the conceit that just before you die you can upload your consciousness to a virtual "afterlife". The expensive choice is Lakeview. Before he dies under mysterious - probably murderous - circumstances, the main character (Nathan) was working on an open-source alternative to Lakeview called Freeyond. In Freeyond you can get uploaded to a blank space much like Minecraft Superflat, and you can build your own virtual afterlife. The series goes to great lengths to laugh knowingly at technology - but, of course, it's being produced by a tech giant, and what it's really presenting is not a digital afterlife, but a gamified present. A more serious take on UI (uploaded intelligence) is the animated series, Pantheon - produced by the same company, I might add.

[@eddief9254]

It's a great show, they even have smart toilets