With social networking games like Farmville attracting millions of users, gaming is quickly becoming mainstream. Gaming has always been used for entertainment, and recently, games have become a critical tool for training too.
Check the awesome video at the link below (from a Ted Talk) on how games can be used constructively to drive this young generation to solve complex world problems by exploiting the social psychology of gamers.
What I am working on at Persistent is aimed at bringing the same constructive emotions and attitudes of gamers, as well as the thrill and excitement of games, into a manager's day to day life in his organization, moving beyond spreadsheets and providing an exciting user experience. From the all-important yet extremely tedious and unhappy task of appraisals, to poring over endless rows and columns in spreadsheets, from code reviews to assessment tests, games can provide you just what you needed to fall in love with your job, all over again.
Watch this space for more, as we publish our first two games by the end of the year.
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It's time for you to give an update :)
We've had significant progress with our initial proof of concepts and will be taking our first product to market within the next quarter. Cannot divulge more than that right now ;)
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