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Episode 194 – Human Roombas

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Michael and Michael get back together to talk about the latest smart home news, starting with the Amazon acquisition of Ring.  The pair speculate on what this level of integration in the Amazon ecosystem could bring — everything from delivery verification, to drone delivery enablement to package recipient identification. Mobile apps captured their attention with location-based & experience-driven marketing as well as with augmented reality.  Augmented reality also features in this week’s episode in the form of a motorcycle helmet prototype  and the upcoming Ghostbusters mobile game. What do you think will be the next big thing in IoT?   … Continue reading →

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Episode 79 – Insert Witty Title Here

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– by Foxtrot The Michaels are back this week, even though the day jobs are catching us all and consuming more and more time. We are feeling it in our reduction of gaming that we can do – so we followup on last week’s blog post on games Michael R. is no longer playing. During the course of our discussion, Michael M. decides that he too should post a blog post on the games that he is no longer play too. What is the tipping point that makes a game no longer fun? Should a game for work be fun, … Continue reading →

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Episode 72 – Crowd vs Crowd

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Phaedra, Sandy, Michael and Michael are all on deck for this podcast to discuss location based games, review Michael R’s experiences from CES, brainstorm gamifying sports, and much much more. Tune in for some serious discussion on serious games. Location, Location, Location Michael M kicks things off to follow on from last week’s blog post on The Tap Labs’ game Tiny Tycoons. Things get really location specific as Sandy suggests that there should be an emerging new game along the lines of SnapChat called SnapTrack, where location information is shared with friends, but only for a limited time. Given that … Continue reading →

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Episode 00004 – WTF?

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Where’s the FUN?!?!? – That’s the question that Michael and Michael ask this week, while Andy is out and about.  We focus on a few game examples including the new Matching game called InstaMatch.  We also look at fun and interesting progress systems, and some not so fun… Spinning beach ball we’re talking to you! Next episode we are looking forward to talking to one of the Authors of the book “GameStorming” Bonus Links: Nest thermostat ePredator’s thermostat stats   http://media.blubrry.com/gamesatwork/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/04-Episode-4-WTF_-Wheres-The-Fun1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:20 — 11.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Podcast Index … Continue reading →

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