Lab Excels at ‘Serious Game’ Development Games in education are a new trend and prove that it is very possible to make learning fun. Games can help the player learn and retain important information. While there are many examples of educational games, here is a college which specializes in the development of innovative and unique research-based…
That’s right, Game of Thrones is getting the gamification treatment too. Game company Disruptor Beam has released information about a new Game of Thrones Facebook game that is currently in beta-testing. Called Game of Thrones: Ascent, the game will play as a social strategy game. The site’s announcement reads: “Players will lead the life of…
This is Part 3 in our series on “Gamification in LinkedIn.” See Part 1 here: Why Gamification Should Be in Your Linkedin Profile and Part 2 here: The Top 20 Companies with Employees That Have Gamification in Their LinkedIn Profile. If you’re interested in which industries have the most people with “gamification” in their LinkedIn profile, search…
How Safeway and Kohl’s attract and engage customers We have all heard of loyalty programs. Free cups of coffee at Starbucks after so many purchases. Buy 9 deli sandwiches and get the 10th one free. Most of these loyalty programs started with a simple punch card, and some still comply to that tried and true…
Here’s an interesting exercise – Stanford Professor B.J. Fogg created this interactive public graph on Google Docs on how game mechanics alter behaviors. Anonymous users are invited to view and edit this range bar graph. The purpose is to place popular websites, social media companies and apps in relative dimension to their “gamey-ness” (how many…
