Facebook Focusing On Gaming Communities
" Any gamification platform is explicitly designed to make you want to not put it down and is designed to [stimulate the] reward pathway in your brain which can suppress your perception of time, " -Dr. Joseph F. Chandler, assistant professor of psychology at Birmingham-Southern College. Gamers, listen up! As someone who's spent countless hours immersed in Facebook Gaming's platform and shop, I was determined to find a game that didn't force me to log in with some pesky identifier. Alas, my search was in vain. But it's not just about the login hassle - all these games are available on mobile, which is excellent for on-the-go gamers. However, it's worth noting that apps often silently collect data in the background - who you play with, where you stop playing, what you do after you leave Facebook Gaming - you name it. And where does that data go? Straight into the hands of Facebook, of