Life Imagined As One Big RPG

Scoop Snookems writes "Will there be a day where we earn achievement points simply by brushing our teeth or high-fiving a friend? There could be, according to Carnegie Mellon professor Jesse Schell. In this video from the annual DICE summit, Schell comments on recent evolutions in gaming before fixating on a concept where our futures evolve into one big RPG. Fascinating stuff, and I hope writing this post nets me 10 points."

Though tangental to the post, I'm reminded of...

[Delusion_]

"Achievement Unlocked"

http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked

I think it's an excellent statement about the prevalent use of achievement systems for their own sake.

Been there, done that, claimed the XP

[SlowDancing]

Already been done. [worldofchorecraft.com]

Re:Which RPG?

[jgtg32a]

Not everyone in a Square game has a long monologue, but you are only required to wear 3 belts at a minimum.

Re:Been there, done that, claimed the XP

[HikingStick]

Actually, that's the second site. The original was http://www.chorewars.com/ [chorewars.com]. The folks at ChoreWars created WorldOfChoreCraft so that people who had it set up at home could use it at work (and vice versa).

Life Achievements.com

[Pinktits]

There is a website that does just that actually (let you rack up points for your own life achievements). http://www.lifeachievements.org/ [lifeachievements.org]