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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Introduction to Gamification Part 2: Game Based Solutions
In part 1, we spent some time discussing what gamification is and isn’t. In Part 2, we are going to take a look at something that was introduced previously, but not explored; Game Based...
The Game Thinking Spectrum
A quick thought around my original Game Thinking content from a few years back. I often listen to others talking about gamification, serious games and the like, as if they had no relationship to...
Guest Post: Game Thinking in Business Education
Another guest post, this time from Roberto Alvarez Bucholska. Leave feedback and show your appreciation – I am sure he would be happy to answer any questions! Business education may sound very formal and...
Simulation Breaks Free in Game Thinking
Well, it has been a long time coming – but Simulation has finally broken free from Serious Games in my Game Thinking “framework”. It will take a while for me to update everything, but...
What if we could never use the word Gamification again…?
A few days ago on the awesome Facebook group Gamification Hub – I posed the following question. Andrzej Marczewski If the word gamification was banned from all usage – what would you replace it...
Is it gamification if….?
This is a question I get asked all the time. Is it gamification if x,y or z. Depending on my mood and their question, I answer a little differently at first but always end...
4 part SAMR Model to Analyse Gamification
I love coming up with new models and frameworks, I find them really handy and hope that when I share them that others do as well. However, I am also a great believer in...
How to Use Game Thinking
A while back I started to introduce my alternative catch-all to Gamification, that is Game Thinking. Game Thinking takes four common components of game like or games based solutions and puts them under a...
Playful design vs Game inspired design
When I first started to describe Game Thinking, I talked about gameful design or game inspired design. Part of me was always split about what I really meant. In my mind, these ideas were...
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