Ryan Sean Adams

Is it because it has a mechanism?

Okay, okay.

I think we're starting to see the distinction between games which are fun, which don't have real world effects and consequences, and which are time bound to these other game-like things, these gamified things that we play in quote unquote in real life.

And both of them do have...

a scoring system.

At least games don't have to have a scoring system, but many of these gamified objects do.

Maybe let's talk about, because that's, I think, more the point of your book, The Score.

It's like more about the scoring system and all of these gamified platforms and systems that we're engaged in, like GDP or GPA, as we talked about.

Maybe we can go through this and you can help me to settle an argument with my wife, okay?

Okay.

Excellent.

This gets into some marriage counseling here.

So one thing I love to do is before we watch any movie in my house is I have to look it up on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb.

I have to.

I have to.

Right?

It's like, okay, so let's talk about this.

I want to get into the pros and cons of looking it up.

I'll give you my rationale.

The reason is,