[davidw]

It's a totally made-up analogy with no supporting facts. What does it even mean that "the real America operates according to a video game logic"? Does France operate that way? How about Morocco or Mongolia? It's nonsense.

[popeshoe]

In America if you collect 100 coins you get an extra life.

In America if you get seriously hurt you get taken to hospital and lose some money

In America you can only carry 2 guns

In America if you try and run forward and sideways at once the two velocities are combined and you run twice as fast

I guess some of them work

[iopq]

you run sqrt(2) as fast

[TeMPOraL]

What does "gamification" means? I say answers to those two questions are very relevant to each other.