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		keithburgun on Aug 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Give 100 Percent? Check out the book "punished by rewards". Also explains why achievements in video games are such a bad idea.

hugh3 on Aug 7, 2011 [–]

To save me the trouble of reading an entire book just to get the one point I'm interested in, why does the author think that achievements in video games are a bad idea?

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