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The NY Times Features Gamification And Employee Fitness

Gary Henkle13 years ago03 mins

On Christmas Eve The New York Times – the paper of record – acknowledged the influence of gamification with an article which features delightful game mechanics in its online version, while the print version of the article appeared on the cover, page A1. Technology writer Nick Wingfield offered readers a basic introduction to the gamification movement with some case studies and a little bit of cotroversy as well. Online readers earned badges for reading the article, searching through it, for reading the comments and more.

Buster Benson and Jen McCabe Team Up for Habit Labs

Jeff Lopez15 years ago13 years ago01 mins

Two start-ups in gamification of health have merged to create Habit Labs and achieved an early round of funding. Buster Benson, creator of Health Month, 43 Things, and Locavore, has teamed up with Jen McCabe, founder of Y-Combinator backed health startup, Contagion, to get Habit Labs up and running. They already have a strong foundation with…

Education

New Journal for the Science of Games for Health

Jeff Lopez15 years ago13 years ago21 mins

Announced last week, Games for Health: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications (G4H) is a new peer-reviewed journal investigating research into the field of games for health. Games for health as a field has largely been focused around industry events such as the Games for Health Conference–which recently celebrated its seventh year–and the serious games community….

Experts

Case Studies of Game Mechanics in Action

admin15 years ago13 years ago01 mins

This week, our own Gabe Zichermann compiled a few of the most interesting businesses in gamification in “7 Winning Examples of Game Mechanics in Action“. From marketing to exercise to saving the planet, gamification has brought to light an amazing capability for motivating participation and educating users. The six companies and one individual have innovated around the…

Enterprise

Work While You Whistle

Gabe Zichermann15 years ago13 years ago41 mins

For centuries we’ve been exploring the thin line between fun and work. Many concepts have come and gone that played to this idea – from purely hedonistic options (dropping out) to pseudo-psychology (the secret), and everything in between. However, the two most compelling (and successful) models thus far for making work fun have been rather…

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The NY Times Features Gamification And Employee Fitness

Buster Benson and Jen McCabe Team Up for Habit Labs

New Journal for the Science of Games for Health

Case Studies of Game Mechanics in Action

Work While You Whistle