>Vandaag een mooi artikel over Gamification in het Parool. Daarom even een doorverwijzing naar de verkooppunten waar mijn boek verkrijgbaar is.

Mijn boek ‘Laat met je merk spelen’ is te koop via Bol.com, Managementboek.nl en de Kluwer Webshop. Uiteraard ligt het ook bij Selexyz en de betere boekhandels.

De gratis samenvatting kun je HIER downloaden (rechtsboven op ‘demo’ klikken).

>This is ‘Da Bomb’ for all you arcade-classics game lovers and Atari fans.

As most of you know, I used to work for Atari over a decade ago and this surely brings back memories!

Check out this Arcade-control hub for iPad!

Together with all your favorite classic Atari games (The app is called ‘Atari Greatest Hits‘ in the iTunes store) you can replay the legendary games on this great console!

The screen below shows you how it works. I WANT TO PLAY DONKEY KONG !!!

>Content is King says John de Mol from Talpa. Talpa and Sanoma Media recently bought three Dutch Television stations (SBS, Net 5 and Veronica).

Content is King has been proven by iTunes. Even though some songs only sell about a thousand times, if your media library consists of hundreds of thousands songs (apps, books, games, podcasts) and you sell them for 1 euro each, you can still make millions! And they are making millions…

Sony’s PlayStation Portable was the first device able of playing film, music, games, etc. and since Sony PlayStation 3 was released in 2005 with the same interface and menu they are offering more and more interesting content: for free, trial, light versions, demo’s add-ons and full versions of games, music, movies, manage your photo & films and now: buy ART!

I predicted some time ago that it was time to fill flat-screen TV’s with art and now Sony is taking the first step to bring art to our households.

Check out ‘Studio’ a new tool to buy and download art from renowned and new artists like Jonathan Calugi, Rex Crowle, Anthony Burrill, Craig Redmans, Mr. Bingo, Mr. Jago and many more.

More information at: http://www.playstation.com

>After the announcement from Sony PlayStation a few months ago that the PlayStation 2 console sold over 150 million times, they reported last week that the PlayStation 3, their latest – and according to some experts last home-play console – sold over 50 million times.

PlayStation Portable (PSP) has sold 68 million units Year to Date…

I guess people are still eager to play!

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Spil Games, Flavour and BrandNewGame joined forced in The Netherlands to organize an event to enlighten brands and organizations about how games can be used to achieve marketing goals.

The event is in Hillywood (Hilversum – The Netherlands) on the 19th of May from 14:00 hours.

Bart Hufen (BrandNewGame) will explain more about the digital consumer of ‘now’, show the history of gaming and explain why games are such an effective marketing tool.
Emily Jacometti (Flavour) will show a fantastic and effective case how a gameconcept they developed helped to achieve marketing objectives from one of their clients.
Oscar Diele (Spil Games) will show how they have proven in the past 10 years that gameportals can reach over 150 million people worldwide and 1,5 million people in The Netherlands through social media like Hyves. Members are playing games by average of 10 minutes every day!

From today on, there are 10 seats available and you (product-, brand- and marketing managers) can subscribe NOW!

www.speel-kwartier.nl

There will be a special session for advertising and media-agencies in June of July this year, so this event is for Brands and Organizations only!

> Real or Sur-real?

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

>Very nice way to tell a story about social media throughout the past five years: through cartoon images!

Great work by Adam Long and PeopleBrowsr !

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This presentation gives an insight on the most relevant social media used in USA. It’s about Search, Tools, Services, Lead generation and investment in social media like Twitter and Youtube from a brand-perspective.

Social Media Marketing Industry Report 2011 from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo.

More information on http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com

>Did you see the Fiat Ecodrive system?

It’s real cool!

Check the video to see how it works!

There is even a ‘EcoVille’ (comparable to Farmville in a way 😉 where the top 500 eco-friendly drivers are listed! You can compare your results to friends, your country and even the world!

This is a FANTASTIC example how we can all try to save our planet using playful solutions!

Long live the Gamification of Society!

More examples are featured in my book ‘A Brand New Playground’.

You can download the free summary HERE