The Motivations of EpicWin

We are kicking off our coverage of the GDC with a bit of EpicWin, a productivity app developed by independent developer, Supermono Studios. EpicWin was the pet project of Tak Fung, an independent game designer that came out of Lionhead Studios, developer Black & White and Fable. Some projects similar to EpicWin include MindBloom, and we previously covered EpicWin in October last year. Since then, the app has entered the top 100 productivity apps on iTunes, and Tak has received a number of requests from schools and businesses that want the app to be implemented. Even smokers are using it to quit, or as Tak says, its “insane because people are just getting addicted” to the game instead.

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The G-List: Amit Fulay

An inside look at Amit Fulay: Product Manager at Google [SlideDeck id=’1680′ width=’100%’ height=’450px’] You can read more of Amit’s thoughts by following him on Twitter: @amitfulay And don’t miss hearing him speak at the Gamification Summit in January!

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Google Tech Talk

Next week, Tuesday, October 26th, I’m honored to be giving a Google Tech Talk  at 2pm in Mountain View on “Our Fun Future”. If you’re a Google employee, I’m sure I’ll see you there. The talk will most likely be broadcast and available for viewing afterwards – we’ll alert you when it’s live. Unfortunately the…

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