Category Archives: Games

Groupon-style selling of conference tickets

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Martin

I always wondered why the Groupon approach to selling – ie create demand through scarcity – is not used by event organisers to sell tickets. But now I have found an event that is  actuallly doing it. Hats off to … Continue reading →

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From mobile to real life Angry Birds-style

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Martin

[H/T GuyClapperton]

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Gaming – a platform for change, learning and innovation

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Martin

A great talk by gaming guru Jane Mcgonigal (H/T The content Wrangler)

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Using game design in non-gaming contexts

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Martin

Excellent presentation on gamification – using game design in non-gaming contexts – from Sebastian Deterding a German UX designer and researcher. In the presentation, Deterding points to some online services that are using gamification: Mint – a way to manage … Continue reading →

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Game mechanics, content and building user engagement

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Martin

This week's connectinghr chat – #chrchat – prompted this post. In the chat I raised the issue of using game mechanics in developing learning apps. More of that later in the post. Game mechanics – the techniques that are used … Continue reading →

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Drawing lessons on your Nintendo DS

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Martin

Interesting to see Nintendo will be launching a game which has more to do with learning than game playing. This kind of development blurs further the line between gaming and learning and is a really interesting area in terms of … Continue reading →

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