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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 24 2019, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the How-about-a-nice-game-of-chess? dept.

When contacted by Ars today, Amazon confirmed that it is piloting the games in five of its fulfillment centers and provided a few other details. Amazon told us that it has no plans to make the games mandatory and that workers who opt into the games can switch back to non-game work methods any time they want.

Amazon said it is trying to create a more fun and interactive work environment and that workers can play the games in an anonymous mode if they prefer not to show their name to others playing the games or on leaderboards.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/amazon-gamifies-its-warehouse-work-like-tetris-but-with-real-boxes/

Would you like to play a game?


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  • (Score: 2) by black6host on Friday May 24 2019, @02:09AM (3 children)

    by black6host (3827) on Friday May 24 2019, @02:09AM (#846891) Journal

    Heh, one only has to look at all the fallout from Bethesda's mishandling of canvas bags (yes, yes, intentional): https://www.se7ensins.com/articles/why-bethesda-doesnt-deserve-your-money-or-your-respect.22058/ [se7ensins.com] to understand that the folks in picking are going to be claiming that the folks in packing should be nerfed and that both picking and packing aren't happy with the trinkets offered for such hard labor! I expect loot boxes any minute but that's a different story. Amazon doesn't know shit about making games, lol.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 24 2019, @02:34AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday May 24 2019, @02:34AM (#846903) Journal

    The canvas bag thing was just a small piece of a big disaster.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjyeCdd-dl8 [youtube.com]

    As it turns out, Amazon is learning how to make games.

    https://www.pcgamesn.com/new-world/new-world-10000-player-wars [pcgamesn.com]

    Amazon Web Services MMO.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @03:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @03:18AM (#846925)

      Hillarious, and epimote of dumbfuckery. Ruining entire industry with their shitnanigans.

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday May 24 2019, @02:00PM

    by Freeman (732) on Friday May 24 2019, @02:00PM (#847061) Journal

    They're creating customized experiences that tie in with their work flow. These games are interesting motivators that can be used to compete with other workers and/or floors. Also, completely optional to their normal, more boring interface.

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