I often hear people talking about adding elements of chance to an experience to make it more interesting. For instance, adding a random reward for doing a certain task in a system. However, when...
About 2 years ago I was speaking at a Gamifiers event in London. One of the other speakers spoke about a new product called “Playbrush”. It was an add-on for a toothbrush that allowed it...
Generally speaking, in gamification, a reliance on nothing but the unholy trinity (Points, Badges and Leaderboards) is a guaranteed recipe for eventual failure. However, that does not mean they should be ignored – especially...
I had an interesting chat with my eldest daughter recently. As with many chats with her, I was left thinking about the choices in my life… yeah, she’s reached that age! O: I really...
I was recently included in a couple of tweets where people were discussing their path to getting into gamification. I was one of the people mentioned as part of their learning journey. It was...
Recently, gaming phenomenon, Fortnite ran an event that signalled the end of their current season and a whole new set of clues to what may be coming next. Two weeks prior to the event, players...
When speaking to people about gamification, I often hear comments along the line of “Yeah, but games are only for kids”, or “Yeah, but the age groups who work here are not interested in...
To this day, Space Invaders is one of my all-time favourite games. Born the same year as me (1978), it is a classic in every sense of the word. What I love is the...
Hey all. No big blog this week, loads on with the guitar stuff (and going on holiday and work!). New Podcast However, I have just done a really fun podcast with Roberto Alverez at ProfessorGame.com,...
It is mental health awareness week, so I felt this would be a good opportunity to share with you one nugget of life strategy that gamification helped me learn. I have made no secret that I...
Serious games and serious play both have an issue. The issue is, the word serious. It sounds far too, well, serious! I have heard lots of people complaining about this, somewhat misunderstanding what the...
Gamification is often accused of creating activity rather than engagement. Whilst this can be true, is it a bad thing? First, let’s look at the difference between activity and engagement. Engagement is very hard...
One of the best bits of advice I was given at Capgemini revolved around the idea that you can’t please all of the people all of the time. It was the 70/30 rule of...
I recently made a very strong statement on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn about snakes and ladders and whether it was a game.. Snakes and Ladders is not a game and we should stop using it in...
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