Mint: Game Mechanics for Personal Finance.

Techcrunch report on mint.com integrating game mechanics into personal finance.

I’m really interested in this kind of thing, as I’ve found that setting goals and applying rulesets is an excellent way of modifying behaviour. Even something as simple as a high score measurement is enough to make people determined and even competitive. See, for instance Chore Wars, which can reverse laziness in relation to chores and actually get housemates in shared houses competing to do more cleaning!

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