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.
David Mullich 3 decades of game design experience now for gamification | Episode 026
Listen to this episode on your phone! David Mullich has been designing entertainment and educational products for such companies as Activision, Age of Learning, Disney, Edu-Ware Services, Encyclopedia Britannica, Mattel, and the Spin Master toy company for over three decades. In recent years, he has […]
Karl Kapp and how gamification includes involving students in your job | Episode 025
Karl is the assistant director and a faculty member at Bloomsburg University’s Institute for Interactive Technologies (IIT), where he teaches courses like Managing Multimedia Projects, Applying Theories of Learning for Interactive Technologies, E-Learning Concepts and Techniques and Learning in 3D. He believes teaching/education/learning is an interactive exchange between […]
Dr. Zac Fitz-Walter, deep into mobile gamification apps | Episode 024
Listen to this episode on your phone! Dr. Zac Fitz-Walter is a gamification designer who uses game design techniques and principles to help make tasks more engaging and motivating. He’s applied gamification to many different areas including training, education, health, wellbeing, business and HR. Zac […]
Michael Wu on how to use data for better gamification | Episode 023
Listen to this episode on your phone! Dr. Michael Wu is a passionate data scientist, thought leader, and strategist. He has served as the Chief Scientist at Lithium over the past decade, where he focuses on developing predictive and prescriptive algorithms to extract insights from social big data. His […]
Horst Streck talks about the importance of empathy for gamification | Episode 022
Listen to this episode on your phone! After changing his student life for a working career, Horst Streck worked as an information expert within the Amsterdam local authorities for over 15 years. In 2001 Horst Streck founded I Sioux Media Productions with two partners. In […]