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What’s Up in Gamification #17: US Election Special

Hours away from the election results, professional political campaigners in the U.S. must already be busy poring over data, analyzing both camps’ strategies and tactics, and revising their arsenal. One instrument that is certain to feature more prominently in the election campaign toolbox after 2016 is gamification.

Besides the official apps released by both campaigns, the Apple App Store and Google Play offer a plethora of news, poll tracking, and voter motivation apps, as well as a variety of satirical and more or less openly partisan, Trump-punching, Hillary-bashing, wall-building, and e-mail sorting mobile games, all of which can be useful for future reference and development of full-fledged gamified platforms.

The official apps:

Hillary 2016

Hillary Clinton has gamified the election with her new app, QUARTZ

Clinton Campaign App Taps into Mobile Game Craze, The Hill

Clinton camp resurrects dead Facebook tool, Politico

America First

Amazingly, Donald Trump’s New App Is Not a Joke, Gizmodo

Is Trump’s New ‘America First’ App Designed to Connect White Nationalists?, Blue Nation Review

Trump’s “America First” mobile app offers badges and “many more features” coming soon, Fast Company

Jane McGonigal’s Pokemon Go inspired Swing Voter Go!

Inside The Election Video Game That Was Built To Defeat Donald Trump, CSEC World Congress

Anti-Trump election game comes from MoveOn.org and game scholar Jane McGonigal, VentureBeat

The Underbelly: Swing Voter Go!, Ludonarrative Assonance

Parodies and controversies

Turn your Clinton and Trump burns into points with new app, CNET

Prepare for the Clinton-trump Debate with a Political Drinking Game, Kill Screen

‘Hide It Hillary’ mobile app game banned by Apple; titles like ‘Punch Trump’ approved, The Washington Times

So you’re foolish enough to make satire for the App Store, Medium

Voter motivation

Tech really wants to fix this election, TechCrunch

Need to Register to Vote? There’s an App for That, MediaFile

What’s up in gamification #16

This week is marked by the year’s biggest event focused on Engagement, Gamification and Enterprise Solutions based on Games – the Gamification World Congress Conference, Madrid, Oct 26-27. Our What’s Up is dedicated to the 5 finalists for the Award “GWC Best Contribution to Industry 2016”, who are also among the 40+ reputed speakers at GWC 2016: Continue reading What’s up in gamification #16

What’s up in gamification #15

As highlighted in a Business Insider Intelligence report, the gamification market has grown from an estimated $400 m in 2013 to $2.8 billion in 2016. This week’s selected recent articles take a closer look at the use of gamification and games as behavioral assessment and sourcing/filtering tools in unbiased, skill-based recruiting worthy of the 21st century. Continue reading What’s up in gamification #15

What’s up in gamification #14

The current focus on customer-centric experiences has led to increased interest and stepping up of gamification efforts in the financial sector. This week’s picks include 5 overview articles and two award-winning apps, all in the field of banking and financial services gamification. Continue reading What’s up in gamification #14

What’s up in gamification #13

A must for your calendar: 30 world-class experts reveal how to boost engagement and tap into the power of gamification in the Product Gamification Summit, Oct 6-15! Meanwhile, revisit some dos and don’ts with an infographic and two articles about essentials and common pitfalls in workplace gamification; meet two young women entrepreneurs in edu game development in our featured interviews with the founders of @67GamesSA and @ImmersedGames. The quote of the week comes to us from South Africa and Regina Kgatle: “If they can’t learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.” Continue reading What’s up in gamification #13

What’s up #12

Lots of climbing in the gamification news: An augmented reality climbing wall and an app to make you climb stairs instead of using the elevator. Also: How to get inspiration from a simple browser-based video game to become a better teacher. ; and how to motivate rehab or even make it fun. Finally, the thought of the week: “Gamification is not about fun, it’s about engagement”. Continue reading What’s up #12

Learn to Play to Learn at #Play14 London

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand,” Confucius said, and if you believe that playing is a great way to ‘do and understand’ on both the teaching and learning end of the education process (and if you happen to be in London in September), mark your calendar – megamification.com has just the event for you! Continue reading Learn to Play to Learn at #Play14 London

What’s up #11

In gamification news: the top 9 gamification elements of a top gamifier; the scientific foundation of another top gamifier’s framework; the gamification of a news item; a good reminder on how to succeed in gamified corporate learning; 5 gamified components for your app; and the question of the week: Why should young researchers push for gamification? Continue reading What’s up #11

What’s up #10

What are the latest topics in gamification? An infographic about education gamification ; the use of gameful design in learning ; why you get more done when you gamify your life ; a focus on fun and happiness at work ; 3 ways to recruit thanks to gamification ; and improving driving behaviour. Continue reading What’s up #10

What’s up? Focus on PokemonGo!

Pokemon Go is THE game everyone is talking about. This app can be (and will be) used in fitness, education, marketing, among many other areas. But what is Pokemon Go? A gamified app? A game with augmented reality? An exergame? The answers in our press review of the week! Continue reading What’s up? Focus on PokemonGo!