Professor Game

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Scott Kim is cofounder of the Game Thinking Academy and an educational game designer. Games he’s worked on include Tetris, Bejeweled, Rush Hour, and monthly puzzles for Discover magazine. He has degrees in music, computer science and graphic design from Stanford University, and has a deep background in recreational mathematics.   Guest Links and Info gamethinking.io scott [at] scottkim [dot] com Links Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! This is a special episode! We will be discussing the Playful Creative Summit with Alyea Sandovar and David Chislett, find more information about them on their episodes (166 and 162). Link: playfulcreativesummit.com (if you end up deciding to purchase a ticket and not just the free pass, Professor Game will receive an affiliate commission)   There are many ways to get in Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Laura Marie Edinger-Schons is Professor of Sustainable Business at the University of Mannheim. In her research, she focuses on the question of how organizations (from for-profit to non-profit) can contribute to sustainable development as defined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Specific topics which she is interested in are Employee Engagement in Sustainability, Social Entre/Intrapreneurship, Digital Social Innovation, Corporate Democracy, and Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Eric Holden is an Atlanta artist, comedian, and co-host of The Goblin’s Corner, a tabletop and storytelling podcast on all your favorite podcasting platforms. Eric has been performing since he was old enough to speak and has carried this into every creative format, from various improv and live acts, to sketch comedy and gaming. With 30 plus years of running various table Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! This is a different episode! No guest this time, I do an analysis of the game Fortnite and some potential applications outside of the entertainment industry (i.e. gamification and game-based solutions). We go through some of the strategies used by this game and think of them divided within the RAMP framework that Andrzej Marczewski talks about. I pose a final challenge! Play Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Dave Eng is an intellectual and creative educator, designer, and researcher who combines games, theory, and technology. Dave has played games for most of his life. As a result, he studies game design and teaches others how to use games for education and learning. Dave hosts the podcast Experience Points and consults at University XP on games-based learning. He also leads the Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Tiago Sizenando is a senior gamification consultant with projects in the United States, Europe and Brazil, in companies like Arcelor Mittal, Banco do Brasil, Forus group, and many startups. An engineer by training, he worked with Siemens for 6 years, co-founded a health promotion startup, and currently is Gamification Specialist at Gamiphy and Product Manager at Octalysis Prime. Tiago is a certified Game Thinking coach, Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Jeremy Royster is a transformative curriculum author with extensive experience intrinsically motivating students through personalized instruction.  He has proven expertise amplifying engagement as an instructional technology professor through F.A.I.L. University, his gamified platform to deliver “Fearless Adventures In Learning” to instructors.  Certified in Technology Education (PK-12) and Education Technology Leadership (CETL), Jeremy is currently building virtual reality EscapED-X rooms in collaboration with Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Founder of Inc Best Workplaces Company, monthly contributor to Forbes.com & regular speaker at EdTech conferences. Stephen creates games to educate and activate audiences. Since launching The Game Agency 13 years ago and The Training Arcade 4 years ago, Stephen has developed award-winning games for new-employee on-boarding, sales and product training, leadership development, safety, security, compliance, systems & processes, customer service, and Continue Reading →

 Listen to this episode on your phone! Arkadiusz Siechowicz is one of the founders of Gamehill – Gamified Learning Platforms. With his team, they are winners of the Outstanding Gamification Award as well as the Best international implementation of Gamified learning solution form London’s LTA. For the last 7 years, they have gathered vast experience in corporate and university learning.  Their most recent addition to the platform is an Continue Reading →