Here is a list of resources I go back to time and time again.
There are many more and if you want to be included, please leave a comment!!
Blogs and Websites
- Badgeville Blog
- Bunchball Blog
- Enterprise Gamification – Run by Mario Herger from SAP
- Gamification.org – Brilliant Wiki, now owned by Badgeville
- Gamified Enterprise – A blog from the people behind Badgville, but more enterprise focused
- gamifier.com
- Gamify For The Win – Kevin Werbach’s website.
- Marczewski.me.uk – My Blog 🙂
Books
- Theory of Fun – By Raph Koster
- The Art of Games Design: A Book of Lenses – By Jesse Schell. Great resource for understanding what makes games work.
- Gamification: A Simple Introduction – My eBook, panflet type thing 😀
- Reality is Broken – By Jane McGonigal
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – By Daniel Pink. Find out about motivation.
Videos
Jesse Schell at DICE Summit 2010 giving a very disturbing view of a gamified future!
- Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLwskDkDPUE&feature=related
- Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPfaSxU6jyY&feature=relmfu
- Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NzFCfZMBkU&feature=fvwrel
Daniel Pinks Talk on Motivation
- RSA Animation – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
- TED Talk – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y
Jane McGonigal
- Talking About Super Better – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs
- Gaming can Make a Better World – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSkA9BDWN-U
Twitter Folks
- @avantgame – Jane Mcgonigal
- @RomanRackwitz – R0man Rackwitz
- @TylerAltrup – Tyler Altrup
- @Scott_Golas – Scott Golas
- @NicoleLazzaro – Nicole Lazzaro
- @marigo – Marigo Raftopoulos
- @schnaars – Scott Schnaars
- @sinclair300584 -Scott Sinclair
- @SThielke – Sebastian Thielke
- @mherger – Mario Herger
- @gamificationco – Gamification co
- @daverage – Me, Andrzej Marczewski
- @gzicherm – Gabe Zichermann
- @kwerb – Kevin Werbach
- @amyjokim – Amy Jo Kim
There are many many more – check my twitter list http://twitter.com/daverage/gamification/members and also check the Gamification Gurus List
Odds and Ends
- Nicole Lazzaro theory of fun – http://xeodesign.com/whyweplaygames.html
- Art of Games Design iPhone App (free) – http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/agd-lenses/id385531319?mt=8
- Coursera Gamification Course by Kevin Werbach- https://www.coursera.org/course/gamification
- Enterprise Gamification Worshop with Mario Herger (not free) – http://www.udemy.com/enterprise-gamification/
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I loved Kevin’s book “For the Win”; you might consider adding that the next time you update is page.
Added. Need to put Gamification or Dummies and Loyalty 3.0 in there. And Gabes new one!!
gamifier.com of course 🙂 Thanks for entering the conversation yesterday about my interview. Good to see that you are so engaged in this subject. People like you are needed.
Ha. You may be right ;-). No probs on the reply. Was a good article and some interesting conversations striking up. It is a great subject that has obsessed me for the last 12 months or so.