Every episode of the Professor Game podcast, hosted by Rob Alvarez of The Octalysis Group. Honest breakdowns of gamification, behavioral design, and the Octalysis Framework, applied to real products, retention, and engagement. New episodes weekly, plus interviews with leading experts.
Bobby Lockhart talks about the main learning game mechanic | Episode 111
Listen to this episode on your phone! Bobby Lockhart is an award-winning designer of educational games. He has designed and developed games based on popular Intellectual Properties like Jurassic World and Batman and has created games for institutions like the Notebaert Nature Museum and the […]
Loretta Breuning and the happy brain chemicals for gamification | Episode 110
Listen to this episode on your phone! Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D., is the author of Habits of a Happy Brain, and founder of the Inner Mammal Institute. She’s Professor Emerita of Management at California State University, East Bay. As a teacher and a mom, she […]
Jason Bodnar has Element Poker for School | Episode 109
Listen to this episode on your phone! Jason has been teaching high school science for 13 years and enjoys spending time with his 5-year-old daughter when he isn’t designing games or running the board game club at school. He also loves playing the piano and […]
Lee Sheldon Writes Games for the Classroom | Episode 108
Listen to this episode on your phone! Lee Sheldon is a game writer/designer; professor of practice in Interactive Media & Game Development at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; author: The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game (2 nd edition coming 2020), The Multiplayer Classroom: Game Plans; […]
Second Anniversary of Professor Game! | Episode 107
Listen to this episode on your phone! This episode is, not only our celebration for the anniversary, it is also special because it is something new I haven’t tried on the podcast before. It is a completely solo episode, where I share with you, The […]