What Would Mario Do – A Simple Decision Tool!

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Gamification / Education / Just for Fun / Opinion

October 9, 2020

What Would Mario Do – A Simple Decision Tool!

Super Mario Bros on the NES has been around for a very long time now, yet still, it exudes class and is a masterclass in game design. One of the reasons for that, in...

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Gamification / Gaming

November 1, 2018

Learning From Games: Onboarding and Mario

I’ve probably mentioned this in the past, but Super Mario (for me) has one of the best on-boarding experiences of any game I’ve ever played. But let’s start at the beginning. What’s On-boarding? On-boarding,...

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Education / Opinion

August 27, 2015

Are Mario, YouTube & My Little Pony killing my Daughters Imagination?

I am a huge advocate of the benefit of games. They are amazing and I would quite happily argue with anyone shouting about games and violence, or games being bad for kids. I am...

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Gamification

July 1, 2013

Purpose – A little bit can go a long way

Recently I have been thinking about purpose or meaning a lot. It’s one of the four motivators from RAMP that seems to be the hard to explain and achieve. When I first started looking...