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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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"As someone who has spent the last 10 years trying to move the use of games forward as a medium beyond entertainment...I lament the idea that this very simplistic and insubstantial version of games has enjoyed such success," said Ian Bogost, Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Director of the Graduate Program in Digital Media. Bogost is referring to gamification techniques being used by companies to motivate workers without providing real incentives. Bogost continues, "There seems to a trend that where incentives were once real material incentives, now we have false incentives." Source: BBC - February 28, 2012
