How would you change current behaviours on scale?
After the success of last week’s question to you all, I wanted to try it again – and say thanks for the advice! As I sit here, the rate of infection in the UK...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
A Request For Your Expertise to Help Me Lose Weight!
How do all? So, rather than me offering my view on things, I want to put the ball in your court. I have been reminded that I need to lose some weight and get...
The “Less Bad” Lens – Making a Small Difference with Gamification
How big a difference does gamification have to make to be of value to an organisation? When I first started, I used to see some staggering statistics of how gamification had improved a process....
But What If They Get Addicted To Your Gamified System?
Amazingly the question “But what if people get addicted to the solution and stop working” has come up in more than one conversation with clients over the years. It’s an interesting question, that is...
How Are You?
This is from my guitar related channel, but I thought it was important to share it here as well (as I have not been sharing much here of late). How are you? Let me...
UK Games Industry Aims to Tackle Loneliness in the Uk With Play & Talk Weekend
I don’t often share press releases here, but this seemed to be a very important and timely announcement from UKIE! 17th June 2020: This weekend, 20th–21st June, the UK games industry is calling on the British...
Gamification can be so much more than points if we let it.
Just a short plea to the games based solution industry, be it gamification, serious games, VR whatever. If you are going to use gamification as a selling point, please (please please please) don’t use...
Free Printable Games
Hi all. In this crazy time, I thought I would share a few games that I have made over the last couple of years to either entertain myself or the kids! They are all...
Using RAMP to keep kids learning during lockdown
This week Motivait published a blog I wrote all about using RAMP to help managers keep employees engage and motivated during these odd times of forced home working. (Click here as you may find...
Gamification: Adding Constraints to Add Fun
It may sound counter-intuitive, but in my experience, adding constraints to activities can make them not only more fun – but can help generate very creative solutions to problems. When we talk about gamification...
If You Love Gamification You Should Love This from Gustavo Tondello!
I don’t often promote other people, I’m a selfish git like that. However, the work of Gustavo Tondello at Gameful Bits is some of my favourite in the industry. His PhD research is some...
Does It Have To Look Good?
Often in conversations with gamification muggles, I hear comparisons with games and gamification that make me a little twitchy. We have all seen video games and how far they have come on since the...
Analogue vs Digital Gamification
When looking at gamification, it can be a daunting task. There are dozens of gurus, platforms, off the shelf products, bespoke products, decks of cards, frameworks, snake oil sellers, blogs and more. There are...
Being Silly and a Flash Christmas Sale
How do gamification folk! You all ready for Christmas? So a very short blog, you may have noticed I’ve taken it a bit easier this year, everyone deserves a break 😀 Being Silly It...
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