Gamification

Gamification: Overcoming the fear of fun

As started to dive into the product gamification poll it’s been odd to discover that so many people  entering the water are starting out by telling people how terrified they should be. The message seems to be that the addition of game dynamics to existing products is not only scary, but that there are intrinsically [...]


A Good View of Gamification

Lots of interesting stuff in this presentation on gamification, although It is a bit odd to see how much backlash is hitting this space before we’ve even seen the implementation. Pawned. Gamification and Its Discontents I’d point out that a lot of what of what he’s defining as “play” here deals with consequences. Fewer consequences, [...]