Many children are delighted to see their parents take an interest in their hobbies and activities, and making a family affair of online game playing gives you the opportunity to monitor their online behavior while maximizing the educational potential of a game.
He pitched the idea of using game mechanics to motivate behavior to a Princeton Business Plan competition and in the summer of 2008, he left to start SCVNGR based on that plan.
His reputation among the scribbling classes suffered from his surly moods and stand-offish behavior long before the specter of steroids arrived to haunt the game.
Originating from the video game industry, many of these pioneering concepts now play a key role in driving incentive and behavior management for both brands in the consumer world and internal scenarios in the workplace.