Future States – a short film about a gamifying world…

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A great shortfilm by David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman about games, gamification and how it could intrude into our daily life. One thing is not correct though. We will always know when we are playing and when we are nog playing. Stepping in and out of the circle of play is eminent and makes us very conscious of gaming and not-gaming.

More information here: http://futurestates.tv/episodes/play

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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

New Controller for PlayStation 4…

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I have NO IDEA what this is, but I found it in one of my folders on my computer… Is it the next controlling device for the Bowling Championship game by Electronic Arts or Ubisoft? Is it a 360 degrees interactive webcam?

Let me know what you think it is and send your answers through Twitter @BartHufen or #WTF 😉

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Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Playstation Vita – E3 2011: Official Trailer

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Personally – I don’t know what the amazing thing is about this PSP Vita… Yes it has more controls, touch screen etc. etc. but those are all technological innovations in the sense of ‘more, bigger, better’… true innovation comes from new consumer insights and adding truly new features like Nintendo did with the new Wii U controller… and I am a PlayStation fan damnit!

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Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Wii U: New Nintendo Controller – Official 2011

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Nintendo reinvents home-gaming once more with this great innovation! – Incredible!

Be sure to watch the whole video…

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Thursday, June 9th, 2011

McDonald's Pick n Play

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A great interactive challenge by McDonalds Sweden – combining SmartPhones and a big screen… playing for your €1,- goody… Pong revisited…

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Play "Snake" While Watching A Youtube Video!

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This is an incredible funny ‘easter egg’ (= a hidden secret) on Youtube! – You can play Snake there!

Check out the video this guy is at and try it yourself!

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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Exclusive McDonald's Farmville farm

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A great example of gamevertising: branded content within FarmVille.

Limited edition items, gainable in only one day!

A nice promotion for McDonalds last year.

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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Portal 2 E3 2010 Teaser Trailer [HD]

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A very promising new game: Portal 2, check out the trailer.
This is the official website: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/
There’s also a great review by Gamespot here, which really explains the game in a very funny way. Better than I can explain the game in text… you should really check it out!

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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Budweiser "Poolball"

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This is a great example of a ‘visually adapted’ game in the sense that they used existing mechanics (Pool billiard), but use different (bigger) variables, the balls!

It is played in bars and facilitated by Budweiser. A great example of gamification to promote your brand and be remarkable! This could also be an excellent example for Amstel beer in The Netherlands!
Check out the video – it’s only 2 minutes of fun!

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Friday, May 6th, 2011

PressPausePlay Official Trailer

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I’m really looking forward to this movie… although I do not believe that ‘everybody’ will start creating stuff. If you look at the statistics you still see my 1-9-90 model:

< 1 % creates
< 9% influences
> 90 % consumes
But this does not mean we are on a tipping point here…
I do think we are switching into a ‘multi-monologue community. People are talking turn-based more and more via text messages (SMS), Commenting through facebook or Twitter, Whatsapp, Blogging, etc. The way we communicate is changing.

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Sunday, May 1st, 2011