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How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

For years, I’ve been the guy companies call when they want to make their products more engaging. I’ve designed gamification systems for…

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How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

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Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Something mildly infuriating happened in my house last month.

Mar 31

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Mar 31

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5 Lessons In Gamifying Health

I’ve been designing games and gamified apps that improve health and wellbeing for around a decade. When I first started designing in this…

Jun 3, 2023

5 Lessons In Gamifying Health

Jun 3, 2023

Stars, Showstoppers, and Hollywood (Handshakes): The Game Design Of The Great British Bakeoff

You might expect The Great British Bake Off (or “Baking Show” as it’s called here in the states) to be, well… a show about baking. And I…

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Stars, Showstoppers, and Hollywood (Handshakes): The Game Design Of The Great British Bakeoff

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When Gamification Goes to War

The New York Times reported this week that Ukraine has created a point system for drone strikes. Twelve points to kill a Russian soldier…

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When Gamification Goes to War

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Why Designing A Habit Only Costs Nine Cents

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania wanted to answer a question once and for all: how do you get people to stick to something…

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Why Designing A Habit Only Costs Nine Cents

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Why Lego and Minecraft Conquered the World

My students at Northeastern had one assignment that never failed to surprise me: present your favorite childhood toy and explain why you…

Oct 31

Why Lego and Minecraft Conquered the World

Oct 31

Why My Car's Analog Controls Will Outlast Your Tesla

There's a 2025 article in The Atlantic about car controls called “My Car Is Becoming A Brick.” It really resonated with me. Not because it…

Oct 29

Why My Car's Analog Controls Will Outlast Your Tesla

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Monopoly Is A Gamification Masterclass (And Nobody Noticed)

Just regular Monopoly, not even GO!

Oct 26

Monopoly Is A Gamification Masterclass (And Nobody Noticed)

Oct 26

Gamification of Mental Health: A designer dispatch from three years in the field

This time for the non-academics…

Oct 19

Gamification of Mental Health: A designer dispatch from three years in the field

Oct 19

Sam Liberty

Sam Liberty

Consultant -- Applied Game Design. "The Gamification Professor." Clients include Click Therapeutics, Sidekick Health, and The World Bank.

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