Friday Feminine Gamification Viewpoint: Game preferences With statistics about the average gamers on video, computer and mobile devices showing that both men and women are players and the percentage gap between men and women coming ever closer, what do the ladies prefer? Personally I have…
Feminine gamification viewpoint: Connotations I was reading a survey about gender balance in tech that came out this week by Mortimer Spinks and Computer Weekly. They had asked an interesting question, what does the statement “I work in tech” mean to you or evoke? It’s interesting…
Gamification Mechanic Monday: virtual world The gamers amongst the readers of this blog, will recognise virtual worlds or game worlds from massive multi player online games. You enter a completely dedicated universe where all the game takes place. A few years ago the virtual world…
What do you think of the recent definition of Gartner about Gamification? The gamification definition by Brian Burke of Gartner has already stirred a great debate online by gamification experts worldwide. So here is their suggested definition: Gartner is redefining gamification as “the use of game…
Gamification mechanic Monday: Levels Levels are a common occurrence in games, but in life in general too. Society seems to have an inherent need to classify things in boxes and categories and levels allow you to do this. In martial arts you have belt colours…
As a gamification expert I was recently asked, but what have you gamified in your business and beyond. Well quite a lot to be honest, I think I was that kind of motivated to set myself mini-quests and challenges throughout all of my career and…
Progress tracking In gamification a player benefits from knowing their journey, from a psychological view it means you have a sense of control. You can speed up or slow down in order to complete the journey. In most cases players are looking for a journey…
