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.
8 Years Building the Global Leading Gamification Podcast | Episode 419
Aiming for sustainable retention? Intro chat (no sales pitch): professorgame.com/chat Episode Summary Rob Alvarez marks the eighth anniversary of Professor Game with a retrospective on 420 episodes, roughly 400 guests, and the consistency that took the show from a launch his mother doubted could […]
Design With Audiences: Mister & Mischief’s Playful Guide to Engagement | Episode 418
Episode Summary Andy and Jeff Crocker of Mister & Mischief discuss their self-published zine Infinite Right Answers, a deliberately analog, imperfect document of their design philosophy for immersive and participatory experiences. They argue against the false binary of “no wrong answers” improv culture, introduce […]
The Secret Framework That Keeps Users Coming Back | Episode 417
Exploring gamification for your product or org? Let’s chat → professorgame.com/chat Episode Summary Exploring where Marty Cagan’s Silicon Valley Product Group methodology and the Octalysis framework reinforce each other and where they leave gaps. He argues that product discovery answers what users need but […]
From Viral Spike to Sticky Play: Doug Weitzbuch on Building Housle | Episode 416
Episode Summary Doug Weitzbuch recounts launching Housle, the Wordle-for-real-estate daily guessing game, after producing Netflix’s Buy My House. He describes the post-press traffic crash that followed his initial launch, the unplanned Barstool Sports “Mostly Sports” segment that 10x’d his daily player count, and his […]
Epic Fight? Here’s What Really Happened | Episode 415
Exploring gamification for your product or org? Let’s chat → professorgame.com/chat Episode Summary Rob Alvarez announces he has joined The Octalysis Group as Head of Engagement Strategy, Europe, and explains the path from a 2017 Octalysis Design Challenge finalist position through subsequent roles at […]