[GUEST POST] Top 10 Myths of Gamification
“Gamification is a passing fad.”
“A lot of people won’t buy in.”
“It exploits people.”
We’re sure you’ve heard these all before. But are these myths true?
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[GUEST POST] Gamification is Old
The relationship between games and gamification is not different from the relationship between many creative and commercial endeavors. So why are so many game developers crying foul?
2011 for GameMaki (now Gametize)
As the year comes to a close, I thought it would be cool to look back at GameMaki‘s happenings over the year. It started with a … Concept (Jan – Feb 2011)At the turn of the year, I informed the team (who was then, still working on FameMark, our gamified dating site) our acquisition of Lifegamed.com …
How did GameMaki get its name?
It was great fun when we were coming up with names for our new baby back then. The idea was to marry ‘life’ and ‘game’ together. GameMaki’s predecessor was called Lifegamed (we’ll have another post on this soon), but we felt that it way too serious and boring despite how it communicates the idea behind …