
I thought we all agreed gamification was deeply uncool and never to be mentioned again? That hasn’t stopped Classcraf…

I'm guessing that you've played a lot of video games using your hands. Well, how many have you played with your…

Over the past couple of years, gaming accessory maker Razer has made big splashes at CES with ambitious projects…

In July 2011, after a somewhat clueless Al Gore keynoted the Games for Change conference in New York, Kotaku wrote…
Recently, people wanted to gamify things. That's "game-i-fy," as in "turn stuff into games," which more or less…
I've never been one of those people that considers shopping "fun." I shop because it's necessary, because I need…
To help spin the good spin in its current stoush with Hamas, the Israeli Defence Force has launched a program called …
Last year I profiled Fitocracy, which isn't a video game per se but a gamified fitness regimen that draws from…
If you ever complained about homework increasing as the days got longer and the weather warmer, well, the tables…
Tomb-sweeping is usually a very somber affair, usually. Now in a surge to promote eco-friendly "burials" and body…
Editor's Note: Ben Bertoli is a longtime Kotaku reader and commenter, a lifetime, dedicated video gamer, and a…
Greg Costikyan on the subject of gamification. Or, turning things/activities that aren't games into games.

The things that make us reconsider who we are and what we believe in are often bizarre, random, coincidental;…
Playing video games and doing laundry are two activities that don't go well together at all, unless you're Kingston…

Microsoft Word's loathsome Clippy, the Crazy Crab of application mascots, is making a comeback. Yes, really.…

Gamification is the act of applying video game-like rewards to non-gaming situations as a form of motivation.…