Web 2.0 for juandoming

Interesting article where World of Warcraft creator Richard Bartle is more generous to gamificaiton than you might have thought. Great tips too. 

When Games Become Unremarkably Common
Great scoop from Ana about the inevitable - the day when gamification is so common and prevalent it long ago ceases to amaze or fascinate. Once gamification just IS how we engage, form teams and educate we are there. Once the distinction between marketing and a video game is tiny we lucky few Internet marketers are there. 

Great leap forward

Some educators are using technology to bridge the perceived gap between humanistic/alternative and technology education.

Badges We Don't Need No Stinkin Badges
Had someone get pretty upset with me last night. She perceived that I was making light of gamification and tossing around the term like a neo maxi zoom dweebie.

I am an INTERNET MARKETER. This means I know and use terms like gamification with the proper amount of circumspection. I also had the "Father of Gamification" take me to the hoop the other day on Cure Cancer Starter pretty hard.

To the Gamification police I say CHILL.

Gamification has its own built in Darwinian thing. It is NOT easy and will not treat those who are looking for a quick fix well. Like any Internet marketing gamification takes testing, tweaking and listening more than you talk. These points are made in the article if a tad on the preachy side (for my taste).

I've experienced this feeling before. It is as if the lucky few inside the club now want to shut the doors because they see their reputations and livelihoods at risk by the legions of neo maxi zoom dweebies flooding the market.

All markets change and the first settlers desire to fend off the latest wave, filled though it may be with zoom dweebies, is arrogance and hubris. Better to LEARN and LISTEN (at least in my 13 years of IM and 30 years of marketing experience).

Let me judge THIS article less harshly. This post is more balanced than the comment from yesterday or my beat down from the "Father of Gamification". I'm still here working on CureCancerStarter.org so those things didn't KILL me but made me stronger and more determined.

Don't think gamification is the EASY thing to do inside of otherwise complicated Internet marketing. It is NOT and there are all kinds of "gamification" so study up, test and don't be pushed away from the door because those inside are saying the gamification green room is full.

Agree, before creatign gamification know these 4 "Gamer Types" is key:

* Achievers.
* Explorers.

* Socializers.
* Killers. 

Now in additio to "visitor personas" we need "gamification personas". 

Los 4 tipos básicos de jugadores. Si vas a gamificar, ténlo en cuenta...

Great post about how colleges and universiteis are using gamificaiton for egagement with an audience used to gaming as they've grown up on video games.

You HAVE to love an article about gamificaton that opens quoting The Who. Games ROCK. Gamify me!