Bonus Level! + Turn Life into a Game Part 2 + Habitica + Leslie + 009 Plus 7 Intelligence | How Games Impact People

I speak with Leslie – one of the current operators of Habitica – the app that turns your life into a game
We talk about how Habitica has been helping people with everything from flossing to getting through med school
How we wish that we would spend as much time on ourselves as we do on our avatar
How games hold the key to so many productivity efforts: motivation
How Pokémon (aka Pokemon) and Dungeons & Dragons influenced the design of Habitica
How Habitica toes the line between being a game and being some that helps people be productive
The summer of Pokémon Go
How Habitica mixed the excitement of gaming and the open-source community with the goals of launching a successful and effective tool 


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+7 Intelligence is the podcast about how games impact people.

Each episode explores a different perspective on how games profoundly influence the real world. Interviews with game designers, psychologists, professionals, and everyday players discuss the unique way that games influence their life and work.

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