Learn With Portal: Introducing the Puzzle Maker, Do It For Science!

Note: Beside the level editor you can get from Portal 2, now you can also get the Puzzle Maker for your educational needs. It was Announced last week at the Games For Change Festival, and during the festival Valve discussed all the pros and cases using Portal as an education tool. Thanks Ariane, for this sweet […]

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Dogification: 9 Ways Gamificaiton Can Better Our Life!

Note: This is an awesome post via Will Simon, who is a strategist at BigSpaceship in Brooklyn. The post talks about how poorly using Gamification is like “a carrot on a stick”, and there is so much more that Gamification can offer us than just that. Thanks Will, for this great post. That dog maybe […]

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Gamification: It’s Like Playing Diablo For Everything You Do

Note: Tips and Case Studies on the best practices of Gamification, and how this is going to affect the enterprise and the next generation of young worker. The future of working in an office maybe just as fun as playing Diablo like the image above :p  via Douglas Perry @thenextwriter, tomsguide.com | Image Source: link On […]

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7 Potential Pitfalls Of Gamification

via Chloe Della Costa, mediaconnection.com Although gamification can be an excellent tool for engaging consumers, there are a few caveats of which to be wary. A common criticism of gamification is its manipulative nature. It is true that developers are taking advantage of elements of human psychology, and this can be somewhat exploitative. But this […]

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Gamification: Insights And Emerging Trends

via Tim Change @timechange, techcrunch I have been active in the field of gamification for the past couple of years, working with companies like Badgeville, HealthTap, Gigya, Basis and others on leveraging game mechanics for end user behavior measurement, scoring and shaping. Last week, I participated on an investor panel of at VatorSplash’s Gamification Summit and […]

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Ayogo CEO Answer: How Do You Identify Areas For Gamification? [Video]

It all started with a tweet Ayogo describes its business practice as, crafting playable experiences that change the way people learn and interact with the world around them. They design games that facilitate learning, growth and meaningful change in everyone that plays. In this video, Ayogo’s CEO, Michael Fergusson, answers a question from John Mardlin […]

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4 Tips For Gamifying Your Marketing Plan

via Darren Steele, mashable.com The hype around gamification is fairly new, but the idea has been around for some time. In fact, badges and leader boards could be considered the new sweepstakes and loyalty rewards. And gamification is not just for major consumer brands and their tech-savvy 18-to-34-year-old demographic. There are examples where gamification in marketing has […]

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