The “Little Piggy” Communications Test
Do you remember the old poem, “This Little Piggy”? This Little Piggy poem This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed at home, This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
I’m Speaking at Gamification Europe – Come Watch (with 10% off)!
Hey dudes. Well, it’s official, I’m speaking at Gamification Europe with a roster of amazing experts in the field. My talk will be about making the best of what is available to you to...
Gamblification – don’t gamble with your people unless you are sure!
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...
Playbrush Smart Toothbrush Review (Or, “How I have to admit when I’m wrong..”)
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...
Gamification Advice: Points
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...
Am I Evil? Gamification Brought Into Perspective By My 11 Year Old!
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...
Learning from the past to improve the future
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...
Learning From Games: Fortnite and Exclusivity
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...
Considering Age and other factors in Gamification
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...
Learning From Games: Space Invaders – Simplicitas est Perfectum
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...
Podcast, Motivait Blog and Guitar Stuff
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,...
My Mental Health and How Gamification Has Helped
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...
Practical Play Framework
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 Activity as good as Engagement?
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...
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