The DeanBeat column: Stopping to think about the culture of bloodlust Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 16, 2011 4 min Welcome to the front lines of gaming. I’ve been covering the game industry on a day-to-day basis for about 15 years, mainly by immersing... Continue Reading 4 min
Game guru Jane McGonigal says “gamification” should make tasks hard, not easy Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2011 3 min Gamification, or making a non-game application more engaging by making it game-like, should not make tasks easy for the people undertaking them. It should... Continue Reading 3 min