The Gamification Report Blog
by Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer, Sententia Gamification
The Navy SEALS have a saying, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying. (And if you get caught, shame on you.)”
This week, we added ten new game mechanics to Sententia’s Game Mechanics...
by Jonathan Peters, PhD
Sententia Gamification Chief Motivation Officer
I was in high school when Zork was available on the Commodore 64. My friends and I spent hours a day exploring the imaginary world with a notebook full of what we learned about the realm, the questions to ask, the instructions...
by Monica Cornetti
CEO, Sententia Gamification
Is it possible to make dull, difficult, tedious, or challenging tasks just a little more fun?
What if you could make your employee learning experiences interesting, challenging, and FUN -- perhaps more game-like?
The reality is… you enjoy...
by Monica Cornetti
CEO, Sententia Gamification
Gamification is an effective tool to make training engaging and fun, because it uses the dynamics of games, such as collaboration, chance, and progress, to tap into learners’ intrinsic desires to master and complete tasks.
When done well, ...
by Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer, Sententia Gamification
Recently I read some interesting research on the use of lotteries to change behaviors. While the results of these different programs are significant, people criticized the use of lotteries as manipulative, even when this game...
By Jonathan Peters, PhD
Chief Motivation Officer, Sententia Gamification
A few years ago, I was exploring petroglyphs and ancient dwelling sites in Kakadu National Park in Northern Territories, Australia. In my usual fashion, I didn’t follow a prescribed path, and I didn’t take the...
Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans created formalized language. Before then, they certainly communicated, but with grunts and gestures. With language, people could share important concepts with each other, warn about dangers, entertain, and preserve the tribe’s history by telling stories to...