Gamification

This week we discuss the UX and Instructional Design potential of Gone Home, 2013’s 12th highest rated PC game on MetaCritic and the 2014 Games for Change Game of the Year. It’s also an excellent walking simulator. 

Gone Home is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Links mentioned in this episode:

An Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy to the Teaching of Business Ethics: 
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00383217

This American Life Episode 584: For Your Reconsideration: 
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/584/transcript

Testing Theories of Attitude Change With Online Panel Field Experiments: 
https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/gsb-cmis/gsb-cmis-download-auth/414056

GDC 2014: Why is Gone Home a Game?: 
http://evt.dispeak.com/ubm/gdc/sf14/player.html?xml=201403825919_SPTZ.xml&token=3c6c000ab0766078310c 

The Design of Everyday Things, by Don Norman: 
http://www.jnd.org/books/design-of-everyday-things-revised.html 


Episode 02 - Gone Home

In a smaller “lockpick" episode, we take a look at the new awkwardly named game Mr. Robot: 1.51exfiltrati0n. The game (available for iOS and Android) pretends to be a messaging app like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. 

Set in the world of the TV show Mr. Robot, you take on the role of a hacker specializing in social engineering. It’s a choose your own adventure style experience where you decide whether and how to blackmail and coerce your way into systems. 

Mr. Robot: 1.51exfiltrati0n serves as an interesting exploration into how chatbots or other text interfaces might be useful in training and experiential learning.

Mr. Robot: 1.51exfiltrati0n is $2.99, available for both iOS and Android:
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mr.-robot-1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa/id1138484918?mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.telltalegames.exfiltration&hl=en

Links and things mentioned in this episode:

Mr. Robot: http://www.usanetwork.com/mrrobot
ARGs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game
The Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(game)
I Love Bees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Bees
Pumpkin Spice Latte chatbot: http://www.theverge.com/2016/8/29/12693096/starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-chat-bot-facebook-messenger
Amazon Echo: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-Bluetooth-Speaker-with-WiFi-Alexa/dp/B00X4WHP5E
First Principles of Instruction, M.D. Merrill: http://www.mdavidmerrill.com/Papers/firstprinciplesbymerrill.pdf
Slack: https://slack.com/
Cognitive Load - NNG: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/minimize-cognitive-load/ 

Episode 03: Experiential Learning and Text-Based Training in Mr Robot: Exfiltration

Mark Ramsey (http://www.markramseymedia.com) talks to Triton Digital's Chris Bell (http://www.tritondigital.com) about gamification:  What is it, and why does it matter to radio's digital platform?  Arbitron is a game, and game mechanics can not only help increase ratings, but can also dramatically improve interactions between consumers and your brands - and results for your clients.  Listen as Chris spells it all out.

Gamification and the Future of Radio

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