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What The Hell… There’s A Gamification World Championship?
If I drank coffee, I would probably be spitting it out right now. There is a World Championships for gamification. What is this strange planet we live on?
Gamification In The Classroom: The Journey Continues
If you went up to the average student and asked them if they wished school was more like a video game you would almost certainly get a passionate “YES!” I’m sure if you asked most adults they’d also put their vote in favour of making their tedious work day more fun and exciting. Gamification is in no way a new idea, but it’s one that is still evolving at a rapid pace.
Al Gore Made A Game. Guess What It’s About?
In July 2011, after a somewhat clueless Al Gore keynoted the Games for Change conference in New York, Kotaku wrote that the former vice president should try playing a video game. In March 2013, Gore announced that he had done one better and created a video game instead. And guess what it’s about?
Gamify Your Life: A Guide To Incentivising Everything
Going to the gym for an hour is two red points. Calling my mum is one blue point while calling Aunt Deborah is five blue points, because, honestly, Aunt Deb is sort of a pain to talk to and sometimes she says crazy things. Cleaning the bathroom is 15 red points, otherwise I would never do it. This is the plan to gamify my life, to relate everything I do to a point-based game.
Two Fitness MMOs Go Mano A Mano With Their PvP Plans
Last year, I profiled Fitocracy, which isn’t a video game per se but a gamified fitness regimen that draws from concepts familiar to role-playing video games. One MMO analogue it lacked, however, was the idea of player-vs-player combat.
A Kotaku Reader Has Big Plans And Sees A Big Future, For The ‘Year Six MMO’ He Built
If you ever complained about homework increasing as the days got longer and the weather warmer, well, the tables have been turned. Ben Bertoli is up late doing a lot of it himself as the school year ends.
Ancient Chinese Graveyard Ritual Goes Online
Tomb-sweeping is usually a very sombre affair. Now in a surge to promote eco-friendly “burials” and body disposals, China has gamified the tradition.
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