If you haven’t heard the news, Diablo 3 is the fastest selling game in PC history moving 3.5 million copies in just 24 hours. Blizzard employs some of the best game designers in the world and managed to create the most hyped game of 2012 by far. I should know – it’s consumed a huge…
In today’s GList, we are featuring Samantha Skey of Recyclebank Oh so much has changed since the days of the traditional nuclear family of the 20th century; mothers are no longer the domesticated workers so glorified in old black and white media. In this modern age, mothers are powerful women who are hardworking and educated…
Hello GCo Readers! Only 3 days remain for you all to vote for your favorite gamification companies! The competition is still fierce and we all know the power of the internet can sway these votes in any direction. Here’s a look at the current leaders. Best Use of Gamification in Health and Wellness Leader: Active.com Trainer…
On June 19 in San Francisco, the 3rd annual GSummit will take place, bringing together thought leaders from top companies for 3 days of workshops, sessions, networking and fun. Since its inception, GSummit has been the place where some of the most thought-provoking and practical discussion of behavior change have taken place. We bring together…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuring Rajat Paharia: As the founder and Chief Product Officer of Bunchball, Rajat Paharia knows a thing or two about the gamification industry. Rajat pioneered the first gamification platform, Nitro, in 2007 and has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies to create some of the most successful gamified…
Hello GCo Readers! Time is running out to vote for your favorite gamification company for the first annual GAwards! There are only 10 days left before the voting is finished. To inspire some healthy competition, here are the current #1 leaders of each category: Best Use of Gamification in Health and Wellness Leader: Active.com Trainer Ahead of…
Today in our ongoing GList series, we’re featuing Andrea Kuszewski: Education is one paradigm all of us have had to abide by throughout our lives. Our elders, mentors, caretakers, and parents have all stressed how important an education is to us and why it is necessary to be intelligent to succeed in life. This obsession…
M2 Research recently updated its bellwether forecast for Gamification Industry revenues, projecting aggregate spending of $2.6Bn by 2016 in the US, climbing from $242m in 2012. Revenues among the leading gamification platform providers are set to approximately double per year from 2011 to 2016. Wanda Meloni, lead analyst and CEO at M2 will further analyze…
The Gamification Summit (June 19-21 in San Francisco) has announced a number of additions to the summit’s already impressive lineup of speakers: Chamillionaire – The Grammy® award winning artist will talk about the success of his Chamillionaire Rewards Program and share lessons other artists can learn about engaging their fans. Tim Chang – Noted venture capitalist from Mayfield…
EMC Corporation, Gamified First, let me express some incredible excitement that, along with an incredible team, I helped launch RAMP last week. RAMP, short for Recognition, Award, and Motivation Program, is EMC Corporation’s first gamification deployment. This is a big deal for us. RAMP went live to an community audience 230,000-members strong. The early feedback…
“Gamification adoption has reached a tipping point, and we think it is high time that the very best this industry has to offer be recognized,” said Gabe Zichermann, chair of The Gamification Summit. “With the GAwards, we are excited to recognize and honor the best achievements in Gamification in a number of different areas, from…
Today in our ongoing GList Series, we’re featuring Kes Sampanthar of Cynergy. Now here at GCo we like to call gamification as a kind of “engagement science”. Why science? Because gamification practitioners have hypothesized what it will take to motivate an audience, experimented with new projects, and drawn conclusions about what works and what doesn’t….
by Justin Schier, Chief Creative Officer Dopamine Inc. @justinschier If you’ve never experienced the British TV phenomenon phenomenon known as Golden Balls, it’s worth watching a bit, even for kitsch value. Even though it went off the air in 2009, there are hours of it available on YouTube. It was basically a just-as-shlocky, slightly more sophisticated…
Today in our ongoing GList, we’re featuring Adeo Ressi. In the tech world, startups are a dime a dozen. Many become huge successes but many more eventually fail. For the few success who were lucky enough to be apart of a startup accelerator, what aspects enabled them to succeed where nobody else could? Sure, one…
We held our first GSUMMITx in London this April 30th. Thanks to our venue sponsor, Capgemini, we were able to host a great meetup with over 40 people. Gabe Zichermann kicked it off with a fantastic talk. His three F’s were resounding in our collective heads afterward “Fun, Friends and Feedback”. Next up with…
