Ideas
Making a small, vibrant city through gamification
A blend of gamification and city branding can be one approach to giving small cities more energy and appeal to tourists – to compete with larger cities. […]
Economics
how to
Acquiring Real-Life Economics Skills from Games
What many people mean when they say ‘teach economics’ is ‘teach people the skills to operate well in an economic system’. This, Monopoly is not very good at. […]
Focus
Focus on… In-game Economies
In-game economies – the creation and destruction of value commonly seen in games, or in gamification applications with collectable and exchangeable points. […]
design process
Gamer Grind
What does Gamer Grind mean? How do players experience it? How can designers and educators of games-based learning address the grind in designs? […]
Ideas
A Quintessential Scheme for Engagement
My only analysis is that I was an addict to the scheme. Yes, an addict. I was addicted to the “incentive scheme”. Do you know why? […]
learning topics
Utopoly – Game and Utopian Research Method
acing catastrophes of pandemics, ecosystem collapse and climate change.Utopoly started out as a ‘hack’ of Monopoly but has evolved to become much more. […]
design process
That’s no spreadsheet… that’s a game engine!
I know I’m not supposed to enjoy spreadsheets the way I do. They’re tools, used for managing your finances. It’s not supposed to be fun. […]
Ideas
Gamifying Social Action Towards Thriving Cities.
Applying game-design elements to real-world scenarios can increase community engagement by responding to some of our most basic social instincts […]
learning topics
Gamenomics – Gamifying Stock Investments
In this article I explore business innovation anchored around economics and the genius application of gamification for the same […]
Ideas
Games, Business and Changing Times
Employers are clamoring for answers to an aging and dwindling workforce that is demanding a caring, flexible and sustainable work environment […]