What is the Lusory Attitude?
We all play games for multiple reasons. No matter what the reason, we agree to a certain set of rules and expectations of play. Some of this involves us entering the “magic circle” of games. […]
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What playing games and turning life into games can teach us?
This article contains a list of twenty-three lessons learned from games and turning our lives into games. This list is an extended excerpt from the book Gameful Project Management. The extensions are mainly from Self-Gamification […]
Why games are definitely not (just) for children
Educators (and indeed most other people) seem to be quite happy with the idea that children, and other young animals, learn from play. Felines learn hunting skills by being given food to play with by […]
Duolingo review – how to apply Gamification smarter
Have you ever thought: “I want to learn to speak _____”? That same energising thought got 300 million people to try out Duolingo, a freemium tool to learn any of 36 (and rising) languages. These include little-spoken […]