Yeah, that's right, I'm still on this meaningful game play kick.
This is a short post however, I just wanted to share this video from Extra Credits - If you don't know what that is follow this video to the escapist and check it out. This short video does a very good job of giving an example of using game mechanics to communicate an idea. Check it out.Source

[media]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2545-Narrative-Mechanics[/media]