From the monthly archives: June 2011

A world of sloppy thinking, part 2: Journalism

On June 24, 2011 By

Sometimes, it seems that we live in parallel worlds. Like this one:

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A world of sloppy thinking

On June 13, 2011 By

Apparently as part of a larger orchestrated move into “gamification”, Saatchi & Saatchi S recently released the above marketing study deck on the topic. Kevin Slavin has essentially said all there is to say, so I’d rather quote him in full and then add some supportive footnotes.

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CHI 2011: Paper gleanings

On June 8, 2011 By

Apart from the gamification workshop, this year’s CHI conference also featured quite a number of regular papers that more or less directly spoke to our interest in the use of game design in non-game contexts, so we thought we would parse the program and share our (admittedly, subjective) list of findings. If we missed one [...]

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CHI 2011 Gamification Workshop: Slides and Photos

On June 7, 2011 By

This has been long overdue, but here they are: The collected slides (and some photos) of the Gamification Workshop at CHI in Vancouver on May 7, 2011. Videos and more to follow. Enjoy!

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CFP: MindTrek 2011

On June 7, 2011 By

This might be late for some, but the MindTrek conference, a small Scandinavian conference gem on “social media, ambient/ubiquitous media, games, media management and open source”, running September 28-30 2011, has just extended its deadline for full and short papers to June 12. This year’s games track features “gamification, funware and playful designs” as one [...]

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