The youngest person ever to be involved in gamification has emerged. Thanks to this photo from Toby Beresford, we have a new leader for belching in London! The position for #1 on this Burping Leaderboard goes to his newborn son, Simeon. Congratulations Simeon and to Dad & Mum! Toby is founder of Pailz, (a company that…
Our global, local, free meetup is in Boston tonight (Feb 23, 2012)–GSUMMITx Boston. After a hugely successful GSUMMITx NYC, we created the Boston meetup group. It grew to over 50 people within 2 days, and now to over 120 people. Although, this was no surprise in the piping hot space of Gamification. The event is…
Social photo sharing is currently one of the hottest services out there. Instagram and Pinterest are immensely popular and excellent for sharing pictures but what if these services began to offer more than just sharing? What if the images you were sharing were also proof of your new healthy habits or most recent endeavors? Leap…
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…
This week on the Gamification Roundup we have big news on incentivization and research. In addition to Badgeville’s recent partnership with BazaarVoice, now they are collaborating with Klout. Hearing news of this and an NY Times article on incentivizing civic behavior, we may soon have all our actions incentivized with the promise of glorious prizes…
Social Media Week is a major international event that takes place twice a year. This past week saw NYC flooded with events celebrating and investigating social media across a wide spectrum. Of course, gamification featured prominently in the discussion. In case you missed it, here are some of the gamification apps, slides and videos from…
Following up on the meme that’s spreading like wildfire today, I thought you might find it amusing to see our view of “What Gamification Practitioners Do”. Click on the image to see the full size version, and feel free to share your thoughts. 🙂
MIT’s Education Arcade released some information recently that could really change how gamification/ game-based learning can be used to help students learn. Games for Learning is not a new phenomenon, but this recent manifestation is quite unique and could be a springboard for further games of this type. This manifestation has specific, unique promises for further…
Happy Social Media Week! This week on the gamification news roundup, we explore the power of gaming in a social and enterprising context. The office could be changed forever if Gartner is right about the need for gamification in BPM implementation and if the Microsoft Kinect ends up in everyone’s office. And in light of Social Media…
Gamification has made it to prime time with our old friend Doogie Howser [aka Neil Patrick Harris, aka Barney from How I Met Your Mother]. In this episode, Barney wanted to find out which girl from his past was sabotaging him to meet any new girls. To find that girl, Barney gamified the process by…
Part IV: Looking at Busy Work This is the fourth part of an ongoing series on the role of gamification in modern education by Andrew Proto. If you missed the previous articles, catch up with “Part I: the Unique Obstacles Teachers Face“, “Part II:Technology’s Role in a Gamified Classroom“, and “Part III: The Importance of…
Let’s picture a scenario: say you’ve been keeping up a goal of running 4 miles per week and have been doing so for a month now. Suddenly, work becomes too tiring, you have too many other things to do, and every other excuse you can think of breaks your running habit and you stop running….
This past weekend Natasha Singer at the New York Times tried her hand at summarizing Gamification in a short form piece. Setting aside the obvious fact that to cover an industry as broad, big and rapidly growing as ours is tough at best, the lack of common sense in the piece is glaring. My favorite…
This week in the roundup we got news about some unconventional and unique uses for gamification. In public relations, there is some untapped potential for gamification as a storytelling tool. Gamification is also seeing some unique applications in the social good and education sectors, featuring gamified philanthropy and educational MMO games. Gamification is definitely said to be…
We often mention the “art of gamification”, exploring how game mechanics, design, and dynamics can influence a viewer, motivating them intrinsically or extrinsically towards a desired goal. But determining the source of motivation is often difficult. By turning the phrase around and looking at the gamification of art, I hope to uncover how games, game mechanics, and…
