Though many of these games employ the familiar mechanics of games points, leaderboards, badges, etc.
Around 230, 000 people currently hold the badges, which are free of charge to physically disabled people.
Several additional badges also adorn the car to help distinguish it as being eco-friendly.
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When its smartphone badges practically demand a pause for breath, you know there's a problem.
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Clients also get scarce badges allowing them entry into the tournament, the people said.
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Those who visit a particular place (such as a restaurant or a pub) are given badges.
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The app had fun matching and fill-in-the-blanks games, as well as a reward system of badges.
The highly regarded Codecademy, for example, rewards badges for mastery of programming languages.
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One conundrum associated with badges in the past was how to ascertain consistent validity and security.
Given all his successes, surely failures should be proudly displayed as red badges of courage?
" "All the kids would make their own badges with fresh shamrocks and Irish flags.
You have to be a friend of CNN on Foursquare to earn the badges.
Even hardened corporate IT attendees loved winning points and badges for sharing content at the conference.
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For four weeks, company employees wore iPhone-size badges, supplied by Boston startup Sociometric Solutions Inc.
Sensor proponents, however, argue that smartphones and corporate ID badges already can transmit their owner's location.
Putting badges on workers is just the beginning of a broader trend, researchers say.
International officials are ranked by the badges they are awarded by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
I've got my coaching badges and I know for a fact I could do it.
And of these, just a small fraction has earned the badges of our Special Operations Forces.
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It is hoped the redesign will make blue badges harder to forge or alter.
The blind MSP for Aberdeenshire West also wants a proper appeals process for applicants refused badges on eligibility grounds.
Pupils' blazer lapels sag with enamel badges for choir, language-learning, mentoring younger pupils and so on.
It is the first and only app to reward users with achievement badges for reaching workout milestones.
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Today the type of badges the girl scouts can earn look very different than in my day.
New badges will have added security features and the method to determine people's eligibility is being improved.
South Korea, a society where nuns began wearing "F---ing USA" badges in public, seemingly lost its bearings.
His philosophy was to turn the other cheek, despite attacks by thugs with badges and their dogs.
As any serious fur enthusiast knows, the blaring horns and red-paint baths are simply badges of pride.
The company's reaction was to have all the badges prised off and replaced with one meaning "horse".
The badges reveal each student's location on their campus, giving the district more precise information on attendance.
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