World of Warcraft Game Mechanics World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Blizzard Entertainment. Released in November of 2004, World of Warcraft holds the Guinness Record for most subscribers of any MMORPG. World of Warcraft’s popularity has seeped into popular culture in many forms, and has been known … Continue reading WoW Addiction: Game Mechanics Research of World of Warcraft
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*New to Gamification? Check out my post What is Gamification & the Gamification Framework: Octalysis* Click here to see all videos in this Series Yu-kai Chou introduces the 8 Core Drives in Gamification Before we can explore how to use games to make productive things fun, we must first understand why are games fun. Games are not fun because … Continue reading Reloaded!! Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (3 of 90): The 8 Core Drives of a Game
The Genius of South Park So I’ve been aware of South Park for over a decade now, but I wasn’t a fan because I just thought it was just some potty-mouthed kids who cussed a lot and loved gory death scenes. I didn’t even think the kids had different personalities. However, last year my friends … Continue reading Top 10 Gamification Lessons Inspired by South Park
Click here to see all videos in this Series The Beginner’s Guide to What is Gamification: Development & Accomplishment. This is an episode about Core Drive #2 in Octalysis: Development & Accomplishment. In this episode, I cover: What is Development & Accomplishment How to utilize PBLs (Points, Badges, and Leaderboards) How to make sure the … Continue reading Beginner’s Guide to Gamification (9 of 90): Development & Accomplishment
New to Gamification? Check out my post What is Gamification & my Gamification Framework: Octalysis Gamification Game On Last month, I finally made it to the Top 10 among the Top 40 Gamification Gurus on Leaderboarded, but at that time I was ranked 8th. With the new results this month, it is a pleasant surprise … Continue reading Yu-kai Chou Rated 4th Among the Top 40 Gamification Gurus
New to Gamification? Check out my post What is Gamification & my Gamification Framework: Octalysis Gamifying the competition between Gamification Gurus About 3 months ago, I shared how I got into the Top 40 Gamification Gurus on Leaderboarded, but at that time I was last place at 40. They have published their new results, and it is a pleasant … Continue reading Yu-kai Chou rated 1st among the Top 40 Gamification Gurus on Leaderboarded
