Tell a random person on the street that your character just dinged fifty in CoH, and they might look at you strangely. Even when you explain to the non-gamer in English that your character or avatar or toon (take your pick) just reached level fifty in the online game City of Heroes by meeting challenges and…
This week on the Gamification Roundup: Nicholas Kristof creates a casual game that will benefit refugee camps and schools, HealthTap receives $11.5 from Eric Schmidt and the Mayfield Fund, gamification incentivizes college students to do extra work, education credentials are possibly being replaced by digital badges and the Tate Museum creates a fun art history…
Gamification was a hot topic at this years Games For Change. Former Vice President Al Gore kicked off the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival in NYC with a presentation about global warming that included a little bit of game talk. There is no doubt that he knows what “gamification” is—he said the word 3…
In yesterday’s New York Times, writer John Tierney covers the topic of games that change behavior. It’s a great piece featuring some of the Gamification Summit’s top speakers, including keynoter Jane McGonigal and veteran designer Nicole Lazzaro. One of the topics that Gamification is broadly subsuming is games for change and “serious games”*. They are…
