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How to make an educational game kids want to play

Mar 12, 2015
What's actually fun, and what's just "chocolate covered broccoli?"

AmEx's plan to lure gamers: Partner with 'League of Legends'

Aug 13, 2013
American Express will reveal a line of "League of Legends"-themed debit cards, in which cardholders can earn rewards points for in-game currency.

The spread of 'Gamification'

Aug 9, 2013
Major corporations and the government are creating apps and games to make non-game activities more game-like -- and they're collecting a lot of data.

The interplanetary Internet, and a new book on gamification

Nov 12, 2012
What happens when you take buttoned-down, MBA-toting business professionals, and turn them into video game designers. And, the internet goes interplanetary.