March 25, 2026
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GSummit SF 2013 Recap with Jessie Rogers

Ivan Kuo02 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts.

This past week’s guest was GSummit veteran, Jessie Rogers. Jessie has been working with Gamification Co and has GSummit since Day 1.  In this week’s episode, Gabe and Jessie discuss how the gamification landscape has changed in two years and what it means for the future to come. We also get some insights about some of the speakers and behind-the-scenes information.

Check out the video below for the full interview.

Be sure to catch tomorrow’s Gamification Revolution episode at 1PM EDT with educator Lucas Gillispie as he discusses using World of Warcraft as an education tool in his classes as a part of WoWinSchool.

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Gamification Co is Seeking a Social Media Intern

Ivan Kuo22 mins

We are currently looking for an intern to assist the main team with our social media accounts, increasing community reach, and engaging with top thought leaders across different industries. We also need assistance in handling our PR matters to continue spreading the reach of our company within the topics of engagement, loyalty and gamification.

The position is a classic internship with a stipend for support, credit (if available) and an opportunity to learn/develop your skills — and a potential full time gig

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Gabe’s Gamification Revolution Featuring Richard Bartle

Ivan Kuo12 mins

Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT. This week’s show features Richard Bartle, Visiting Professor at the University of Essex and the creator of the Bartle Player Types. Here’s a rundown on some of the topics they spoke about: Why we need to design for…

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Mark Goldstein Explains the Problem with Modern Loyalty Programs

Ivan Kuo02 mins

The Gamification Revolution is the only live gamification webcast featuring Gabe Zichermann and fellow gamification experts every week. Join us and have all of your gamification questions answered by these experts. This week’s guest was Mark Goldstein, Chairman of BackOps and loyalty industry veteran.

Be sure to catch our next episode this Thursday, August 1 at 1PM ET/1800 GMT, where we feature Tacy Trowbridge, who is the Head of Education Programs at Adobe. Watch the show to learn about all of Adobe’s gamified education initiatives!

Remember you can participate in the show if you sign-in and RSVP! Signing in will allow you to receive show reminders, ask questions, and even join Gabe and our guest for a live question.

In this week’s episode, Gabe and Mark discuss the problems that exist in modern loyalty, why they’re there, and how to overcome them. One great quote from Mark:

“The problem with most loyalty programs is that people simply don’t level up to get to the fun part”

What does he mean? Watch the episode below to find out:



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Hyatt Reservation Center Boosts Employee Productivity with Gamification

Ivan Kuo03 mins

Sitting in a call center taking and making calls is the kind of job that many people find repetitive and boring. But at one major American company, an entire department plays games on company time and does so with the full knowledge and consent of management. That company is the Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Encouraging employees to play games, the company found, improved employee engagement in the work by setting goals, which in turn, boosted their productivity.

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Introducing the GBase

Ivan Kuo32 mins

Part of our mission at Gamification Co is to catalogue the breadth and depth of gamification across industries. As gamification has grown, one of the top requests from our readers is “Do you have an example of gamification for *insert idea here* ?” While we do have a steady stream of gamification news,  we recognize…

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Gamification Maker Faire 2012 Highlights – Jerry the Bear

Ivan Kuo32 mins

Without going to far into detail, this year’s Maker Faire at New York City’s Corona Park was absolutely incredible. I’ve been to the Hall of Science as a young child but over 15 years later, I felt as if I were transformed back into a child re-experiencing a world of wonder. However, this time – it wasn’t only the world of science I relived, I experienced the pinnacle of human creativity and engineering amassed by a wonderful eclectic group of engineers, artists, geeks, children, and parents all brought together to experience each other’s projects. The first story I would like to share today is from Sproutel co-founder, Aaron Horowitz, and his story about Jerry the Bear.

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Video Marketing, Gaming, and Fantasy Stock Markets Collide to Create Tubbett

Ivan Kuo13 mins

NDRC has helped back and support the new startup Tubett. Former Rocket Internet employees Sumit Rai and Achman Srivastava created Tubett. They created Tubett as a gamification mobile app that combines video marketing, gaming and fantasy stock markets into one application. The Market Tubett is tapping into markets that already exist and combining them to create something new….

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CyberDoctor Gamifies Medication Regimen With Novel Mobile App

Ivan Kuo04 mins

As patients take more pills, tracking that medication and staying on the pill schedule gets harder and harder. There’s no shortage of mobile apps that aim to help patients stick to the drug regimen. But many of these apps feel punitive. After all, an alarm or warning that you haven’t yet taken your meds can feel more like medication compliance by punishment. It doesn’t have to be that way. A gamification startup has developed a mobile app that encourages medication compliance by turning the mundane drug regimen into an engaging game.

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Habitica Battles Procrastination With Gamified Lists and Virtual Rewards

Heong Weng Mak04 mins

Do you find yourself struggling to complete daily tasks, or organize your daily schedule? Habitica is a gamification mobile app that encourages players to control and structure their lives in a virtual setting. Habitica treats your life like a role-playing game, with the ability to earn new equipment, pets, mounts, and more, simply by completing listed tasks. You assign your own tasks under three categories: habits, dailies, and to-dos. When you have finished a task in real life, you can check it off on your Habitica page for instant gold or item rewards!

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Robert Torres on Transforming Education with Gamification: The Past, Present and Future

Ivan Kuo12 mins

The education industry is in transition – from the obvious changes being wrought at the university level to wrenching, systemic transformation at K-12 in the United States. At the same time, educators are no strangers to games and gamification — they’ve long been used in the classroom. But if it’s such a powerful tool, why hasn’t gamification been the magic panacea that’s solved all of our problems? Where is the gap between meaningful game-based interventions in education and what’s happened so far? What are the bright spots, and the major roadblocks yet ahead? Join Robert Torres for this insightful look at a vision for the future of gamified education, and how we can truly leverage the potential of this powerful approach from GSummit SF 2013.

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