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Using Games to Tap Collective Intelligence
I’ve been mulling over an idea for several months now. It goes something like this: Nowadays, everyone is talking about the broad potential applications of video games. Combating obesity. Managing...
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Exertainment Groundhog’s Day
Every few months, it seems like a new “exertainment center” is unveiled (i.e. a glorified gym featuring a few exertainment devices, most of which have been on the market for a few years and have...
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Using Games to Tap Collective Intelligence (Part 2)
It’s taken a while, but I want to return to my article on using games to tap the wisdom of crowds. First and foremost, I’d like to bring attention to the writings of Raph Koster. Raph informed me that...
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“Depressing” Games
A question I’d like to pose: do you think a game with a serious theme (i.e. the Holocaust, or the African-American civil rights movement) could be commercially successful in the US market? Such a game...
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Serious Games Squared
IMO, few things are as “newsworthy” as a major publisher declaring their real commitment to the pursuit of the serious game market — at least today, while declared publisher interest in serious games...
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Teaching Teamwork Skills: Everest
I received such good feedback the last time I revealed part of my upcoming book, For Fun and Profit: How Games are Transforming the Business World, that I figured I’d try again. This time, I’ve...
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Wii Fit – 1st Day’s Take
Given my work at MIT on Cyclescore (a platform that fused original games with stationary cycling), you can imagine my excitement over Wii Fit. The Wii + Brain Age-style game design seems like a match...
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Encouraging Fuel Efficiency
Via Jeremy Liew: Popular Science has published an article that describes how the 2010 Honda Insight (a hybrid vehicle) uses some principles of video games to encourage more fuel efficient driving...
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Why Does Gamification Tend to Devolve?
Lots of people have been jumping onto the anti-gamification bandwagon lately. I’ve been surprised by the thoughtfulness and intelligence of the critiques that I’ve read… particularly those that are...
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Ribbon Hero 2: a serious attempt at serious gaming
I’m pleased to share the news that Microsoft’s Ribbon Hero 2 is now freely available to all users of MS Office 2007 and 2010. If you have any interest whatsoever in the educational power of games or...
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