Reality Mining at Cogito
Jared Lorince on Oct 31, 2012Cogito Health is a young technology startup based in Charlestown, MA developing tools for real-time monitoring of customer engagement. Though their way of operationalizing engagement differs in marked ways from the game-centric way we usually...
A Dark Future for Gamification?
Jared Lorince on Oct 10, 2012Gamification can be a powerful tool, but also a locus of debate. Is it the perfect way to help us become better versions of ourselves, making beneficial but uninteresting tasks more engaging? Or is the gamification carrot not as healthy as we think,...
Behavior-Change Gaming – An interview with Micha...
Jim Cummings on Aug 28, 2012As part of MP’s coverage of last March’s GDC conference, I discussed a few interesting sessions on the growing application of games, game mechanics, and player psychology to behavior change projects and interventions.  One such...
Gamification: Response to a Rant
Jared Lorince on Sep 14, 2011Oh, gamification, you've been quite the hot topic here on MotivatePlay, though (I would like to think) this has more to do with gamification's popularity in the media at large lately than a bias on our part. Whatever the case, we have tried to...
Better, Stronger, Faster: How Games Will Change Wh...
Jim Cummings on Jul 27, 2011For a few years now I’ve been interested in the idea of cybernetic systems – that is, systems of information communication and control that typically include a human controller, a machine enhancement, and regulatory feedback between...