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Did you read the post? For him, Ingress is kids/family time. He's not the only one I know playing with his kids. Running around outside, hunting locations, competing against a shadowy opposition? That sounds like excellent quality time with the kids!

It is a game. Fun is the incentive.

Damn smart idea of Google to get infinite GPS track point data.

it may turn out to be the biggest gamification success until now.

it's amazing how much it even changes my daily routine and how I walk around....no longer is it the fastest route; it's now the route where I can hit the most portals haha

Yeah, it's been pretty successful at driving additional walking for me. I'd been meaning to get more exercise, but finding difficulty getting motivated -- now I pretty routinely walk a couple extra miles per day.

Now the GPS dataset is something I had not considered. A good point! Thanks.

Not everyone wants or has kids. Makes more time for things like this. Like you said, it depends on your priorities...