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...
Category: Gamification
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...
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...
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...
Andrzej Marczewski: Voice Over Artist
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