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...
Author: Andrzej Marczewski
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...
Motivait Launches New Website
Hi all. I’ve been a bit quiet of late because believe it or not, lockdown has me busier than ever! However, I wanted to share some exciting news this week! Motivait’s been operating for several years...
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...
Are Points and Badges Dead in Gamification?
I suppose an alternative title to this could be “Should Points and Badges Be Dead in Gamification” When you look at gamification, you will see two main streams of thought on the use of...
10 Things I Wish I Knew About Gamification in 2011
As we edge closer to Gamification EU, I was thinking about the lessons I wish I had learned earlier on when I started in Gamification. Keep in mind, at that stage there was not...
Game Based Solutions – Focus on Outcomes not Methods
After a lovely 3-week break from writing (my longest since about 2012!!), I am back. I will get back to the “Introduction” series next week and will hopefully compile them into a new book...
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