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Dec 10, 2025

The 5-Minute Mental Reset That Actually Works

An evidence-based routine you can try right now

The 5-Minute Mental Reset That Actually Works

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Aug 11, 2025

Why People Will Pay for AI Therapists That Don’t Actually Work

Last week, I sat in on a curriculum design session about digital health when something came up that I never would have heard just a year…

Why People Will Pay for AI Therapists That Don’t Actually Work

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Mar 2, 2025

How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

UPDATE 1/26: Web prototype launched for Homestead: Gamify nutrition with a cozy, shame-free app that tracks nothing.

How To Actually Gamify Your Life (A Game Designer’s Guide)

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Mar 31, 2025

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

Something mildly infuriating happened in my house last month.

Why Your Child Can’t Stop Using That App (A Game Designer’s Warning)

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Nov 1

A WhatsApp Message Lowered Blood Sugar Almost as Much as a Medication

A small trial in rural Delhi suggests the most powerful feature in digital health might be a well-timed, personal message.

A WhatsApp Message Lowered Blood Sugar Almost as Much as a Medication

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Oct 28

How Those AI Note Takers Got Their Hooks Into You

A game designer explains the freemium tricks behind Otter, Fireflies, and Read AI (and what to look for instead)

How Those AI Note Takers Got Their Hooks Into You

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ILLUMINATION

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Oct 25

I Thought I Needed a New Mindset to Get Healthy. I Had It Backwards.

How small behaviors rewrote what I believed my body could do

I Thought I Needed a New Mindset to Get Healthy. I Had It Backwards.

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Oct 21

AI Is Giving Us Sedintary Brains. Games Are the Gym.

What the research on “cognitive debt” says about keeping your mind strong, from a game designer who builds brain games

AI Is Giving Us Sedintary Brains. Games Are the Gym.

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Oct 11

I Wore Two Knee Braces for 15 Years. Now I Run 5 Days a Week.

From 15 years of knee pain to trail running, one hill at a time

I Wore Two Knee Braces for 15 Years. Now I Run 5 Days a Week.

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I Turned Down a Spot on an All-Male Panel. Now I Regret It.

What allyship looks like when the person you’re helping doesn’t need help (and you do)

I Turned Down a Spot on an All-Male Panel. Now I Regret It.

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Sam Liberty

Consultant -- Applied Game Design. "The Gamification Professor." Clients include Click Therapeutics, Sidekick Health, and The World Bank.

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