The sports world has a new player in town and it’s being backed by Drew Brees and Rob Dyrdek. WedgeBuster is being called the “Zynga for sports” with its new gaming platform. The idea is that WedgeBuster aggregates the top sports, fantasy sports, and social sports games all within one place, or one app. By using…
MTV is using gamification as part of their latest election year outreach to increase youth turnout at the polls. Inspired by Fantasy Football, MTV’s Fantasy Election ’12 is a much better strategy for the music network’s Rock The Vote effort than, say, P. Diddy threatening to kill you. Here are 5 reasons why you should start…
It’s pretty amazing to see where scorecards have been used. Since scorecards are used to keep track of score and to motivate, they’re seen in many different scenarios. The most common use of a scorecard is probably in sports, which we see everyday. During a trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, I saw a…
Well its finally here! And the iPhone 5 was officially revealed yesterday and answered many of our long burning questions! To celebrate the new phone’s release, we have compiled 5 of our favorite gamified applications on iOS. Check out some of our favorite and be sure to sound off about some of your favorites in…
Innovative e-retail site experiences massive increases in number of registered, engaged shoppers with gamification with The Behavior Platform San Francisco & Menlo Park, Calif. — (9/6/2012) Social shopping startup, sneakpeeq, announced today that in partnership with Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, the company has experienced an average 18 percent month-over-month growth in…
Last Sunday, the Jets took a huge victory over the Bills by a 21-point margin. Sanchez, Tebow, and Greene displayed an exceptional offensive performance as they blasted through the Bills’ defense. Perhaps if the Bills took some defensive lessons from Rex Ryan and his black jerseys during training camp, they would not have given up…
Dolby Labs Sponsors Sound of Games Exhibit Exhibit opens September 7 Oakland, California – TKTK, 2012 – The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (The MADE) will open the doors on its newest exhibit, The Sound of Games, on Friday, September 7. This exhibition will open to the media and art world on September 6…
Tired of painting your body to be the ultimate fan? Show your true colors online with the announcement of the NFL’s very first fan rewards program. Going to the homepage will immediately net you 2 points that are redeemable for actual NFL merchandise, including NFL apparel, discount codes, and even a chance to win tickets…
The Nike Fuelband Review Conclusion After one month with the Fuelband, I have achieved the following: earned 81,403 Fuel, walked 292,717 steps, burned 31,833 calories, traveled 143.22 miles. The whole month so far has been pretty interesting since I’ve incorporated the Fuelband into my lifestyle. I’ve used this little device as both the laziest person in the world and a…
This week in the GBase, we have three new examples for health and wellness gamification applications: Zombies, Run! – an immersive running game that has players running away from zombies to collect supplies and build up their virtual base Keas – an employee wellness application that places an emphasis on points, badges, and teamwork SlimKicker – is a gamified…
Just when you thought nothing was sacred in the field gamification- you find out you might be right! Temple Avodah, a temple serving a suburban community of Reform Jews in Oceanside, NY gamified their Friday night services this past week by surrounding the traditional pillars of a kabballat shabbat service with “Jews in baseball”-themed trivia….
Want to be the first US or Canadian city to have Starbucks’ pumpkin spice latte? From August 21 – August 24, Starbucks will be having a competition to reward a city first access to their pumpkin spice latte but only if they can earn enough points and beat out the rest of the cities. Fans of Starbucks’ Facebook…
Last week, United launched the MileagePlus Digital Media Store so that all their 70 million members could have more options to spend their miles on. Krishnan Sarananthan, managing director of Mileageplus and GSummit keynote, stated that customers were wanting to redeem their miles for something other than another flight. He touted: “Some of our members are…
This week in the GBase, we have three new examples added for Finance, Consumer Applications, and Productivity: Blast Rate – is a fun way to organize and rate images from Flickr Misys Mobile – is a mobile banking feature from Misys that encourages frugal spending with social elements, points, achievements, and leaderboards. Users can even earn…
At the last GSummit, Samantha Skey spoke about the Millenial Mom and the Power of Collaborative Consumption. The modern parent is as crafty as ever and in the realm of gamification, they are no exception! We’re going to begin a new segment called GParents featuring parents and their systems of gamification they have developed for their…
