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Top Gamification Op-Eds for 2013

Ivan Kuo12 years ago12 years ago04 mins

Some of our best content has come from guest writers within the gamification community. When it comes to great content, nothing beats real field experience and industry passion to really start and fuel the conversation at large. Read on through to read expert pieces on design and deep industry analysis from experts around the world, including pieces on gamification’s future, a guide for gamifying goals, and the real effect of making badly design gamification systems.

Gabe’s Gamification Revolution Featuring Richard Bartle

Ivan Kuo14 years ago10 years ago12 mins

Each week on the Gamification Revolution web show, Gabe Zichermann answers all your burning gamification questions LIVE every Monday at 1pm ET/10am PT/1800 GMT. This week’s show features Richard Bartle, Visiting Professor at the University of Essex and the creator of the Bartle Player Types. Here’s a rundown on some of the topics they spoke about: Why we need to design for…

Education

What Lies Under the Boardwalk: the Monopoly Story

Gabe Zichermann14 years ago14 years ago18 mins

I can’t resist a documentary about competitive subcultures, like the amazing Word Wars and Wordplay – docs about Scrabble and crossword puzzles, respectively. Even better when I come across one that is both game-oriented and competitive. The excellent documentary, Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story ably satisfies both requirements – and then some. Like many…

Experts

Game Play Motivation

Joselin15 years ago14 years ago04 mins

Game developer and author of Game On: Energize your Business with Social Games, Jon Radoff began his talk by asking, “Who here likes slot machines?”Hands went up. Then he followed it with, “Who LOVES slot machines?” A few hands went up and he acknowledged that statistically there should be a few like them in any…

Experts

Life Lessons from the King of Kong

Danyell Thillet15 years ago14 years ago08 mins

Editor’s Note: There’s been a growing trend of esoteric competitions being the focus of documentaries over the past few years. The passion that the participants have for a prize most of us have never heard about is intriguing. But the spirit of competition is the same no matter what you’re playing for. We’ll be reviewing…

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Test Post

Gabe’s Gamification Revolution Featuring Richard Bartle

What Lies Under the Boardwalk: the Monopoly Story

Game Play Motivation

Life Lessons from the King of Kong