With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program gives regular users of NFL.com virtual coins in exchange for… Read More
Fast-growing Badgeville has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding, money that the 20-month-old Menlo Park, California startup will use to expand its gamification platform. Badgeville, which competes against Seattle’s… Read More
There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep their readers or viewers engaged, coming back each day for… Read More
Is there anything that can’t be turned into a game? Apparently not. Microsoft today embraced the gamification trend by introducing a new plug-in for its Visual Studio development program that will… Read More
Cheezburger’s experiment with an online currency and collectibles program has ended in … failure. The Seattle company announced this week that it will pull the plug on the Cheezburger Collectibles program… Read More
It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice — is adding game mechanics to its popular forums. The… Read More
Why just chat with someone, when you can chat in a virtual condo or apartment? Seattle startup FlowPlay, maker of the ourWorld virtual world, is promising that and much more… Read More
In some games, you solve puzzles. In others, you try to wipe out enemy forces. But a new offering from Seattle’s Mindbloom has a deeper, more spiritual purpose. It wants… Read More
Bobber Interactive, a Seattle startup that uses motivational psychology and game-based mechanics to help young adults manage their money, has raised $1.4 million from PEAK 6 Investments and Dove Capital Partners.… Read More
BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle startup — led by technology veterans Keith Smith and Jeff Malek… Read More
I’ve been spending a portion of the week at the Casual Connect conference in downtown Seattle, a three-day extravaganza which highlights everything you could possibly imagine about the casual games… Read More
Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Keith Smith, CEO of BigDoor, a Seattle company bringing the principles of video games to the world of online publishing, with… Read More
Baseball already has pennants. Now, it is getting badges too — at least of the digital variety. Seattle startup BigDoor and MLB Advanced Media — the interactive arm of Major… Read More
Guest Commentary: Like many companies running on Amazon’s Web Services, BigDoor has been affected by the AWS outage today. And like most startups, we are braced for bad stuff to… Read More
You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online advertising acronym. It’s called the CPQ or Cost Per Quest.… Read More
Gamification is the hot buzzword these days. And Seattle startup Bobber Interactive is looking to capitalize on the trend, bringing game mechanics to the world of personal finance. The company… Read More
