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…
Hello GCo Readers! This week we have three new gamified health products added to the GBase: Cellnovo – a gamified diabetes tracking package with a mobile handset, web app, and insulin pump HealthPrize – a medicine adherence application that rewards you for taking your medicine Hubbub Health – a social health network that combines gaming,…
This week on the Gamification Roundup, we got loads of tips! When looking at gamification, it is important to keep some best practices and methods in mind. This roundup encompasses that into ways of using gamification for healthcare, sustaining gamified communities, business to business marketing, and even user experience design. In light of all these…
With millions of members from all over the world, Zoosk is already one of the most popular online dating communities. Now the company is adding some gamification elements to encourage more connection and improve the overall user experience. Considering that 75 percent of Zoosk users are under the age of 35, adding some game mechanics…
Today in our ongoing GList, we’re featuring Seth Cooper of Foldit. In the gamification world, Foldit is a popular example for one of the best applications of gamification to solve problems. Did you know that earlier this year, the Foldit team actually achieved the world’s first crowdsourced-designed protein? The power of crowdsourcing is immense and…
This week on the gamification roundup, we got quirky news and some successes in the gamification industry. On the quirky side, Domino’s Pizza Hero game is being used as a recruitment tool and an interesting concept of making games more passive called “Telefication” is being discussed. In the gamification industry, Blue Shield healthcare is reporting…
When scientists at the Royal Observatory Greenwich began analyzing data from the STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) Spacecraft, they knew it wasn’t going to be an easy task. The craft, which uses two near-identical satellites to reveal solar storms in 3D, has already transmitted over 100,000 images of solar activity…almost 25 terabytes of data! It didn’t take…
From the ever-hilarious site Pleated Jeans – a bit of badge levity. This time, awkward merit badges. Can you work some of these into your next gamified system? How many have you earned already today? Hat tip to Michael Archuleta.
Today in our ongoing GList series, we are featuring Keith Smith. In this digital age of endless tweets, link aggregators, and endless RSS feeds, it would seem that nobody needs to spend more than a few minutes on the internet to really get the information they need. Users consume information quickly and thus move throughout…
Hello GCo Readers! Here are this week’s additions to the GBase : Mangatar – an avatar creator with leaderboards and social features Tag Challenge – a worldwide manhunt used to research the possible effect of social media on national security AttendeeBee – a gamified conference application for attendees And remember folks! Any submission to…
This week on the Gamification Roundup: Aetna is giving away their Mindbloom wellness game, a 3D Printing platform gets gamified, Tony Vetrice covers what makes games addicting, and a RFID sensor game incentivizes workers to take the stairs. Check out the full roundup after the jump.
Today in our on going GList Series, we’re featuring Dave Cobb. Dave is the Senior Creative Director at the Thinkwell Group and has developed attractions for diverse clients around the world such as Universal Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures & the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Have you ever realized how incredible amusement parks are…
by Justin Schier, Chief Creative Officer, Dopamine Inc. Now that just about everybody has seen or read The Hunger Games, it’s time to take a look at just what makes the successful movie and book series tick, in light of what we know about gamification. It’s a futuristic heroine’s lonely struggle to master both a…
