"ludification" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2014, Harald Warmelink, Online Gaming and Playful Organization, page 184:",
          "text": "As such, ludification of culture is first and foremost a philosophy.",
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          "text": "Although ludification ties in with both gamification and the concept and practice of transmedia it possesses unique characteristics and qualities of its own, primarily evolving around playful ways of creating and interacting with stories.",
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