Why Every App Seems to Have Game-Like Features These Days

Whether it’s an app for meditating, or getting fit, or learning a new language, almost everything is designed to feel like a game these days. Users get points for reaching goals, maintaining a streak, and beating the high scores of other users. Kevin Werbach studies how game-like features have seeped into nearly every corner of our lives in the last decade. He's a professor of legal studies at The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and co-author of "For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact."