To sum it up quickly, Epic Win is a social “To-Do” list with virtual rewards. Brilliant!

Developed by Rexbox Productions, Epic Win takes elements from popular RPG games such as quests, loot, stats and experience. I don’t even have the app yet and I’m already itching to get rid of the pile of laundry in my bedroom or finally launch my new project.

Users will create their own real world To-Do list within the app. As items are checked off, a virtual character earns rewards and experience and is presented with the opportunity to announce accomplished tasks to friends on social sites.

Epic Win Coming Soon Trailer

I can tell that Rexbox Productions were paying attention to Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell during his gaming talk at DICE 2010.

Designing Outside the Box

The future of gaming is social, rewards, real life! This Epic Win app is going to be a major winner. What do you think?

I have tried using FriendFeed and have lately been using Ping.fm to automatically save all the links I share on Twitter (@DotSauce) to my Delicious account (and several other networks).

This process hasn’t worked out exactly how I would like it to, until now.

A new Twitter app has launched called Packrati.us that passively saves the links you share on Twitter to your Delicious account. It also has more functionality than has previously been available.

Some key features I have been looking forward to!

• Expand short URLs and save the original URL
• Add tags to your bookmarks by using hashtags
• Selectively save links using a specific hashtag

Now if I could only get everyone who tweets my articles to start using Packrati.us I’ll be featured on the coveted popular links page in no time!

Wishful thinking aside, I definitely recommend you start using Packrati.us if you share links on Twitter. It’s great to have that personal archive and peace of mind knowing your links are stored permanently.

A fully featured Twitter Directory!

The goal of the TweetSocial Twitter Directory is to index all of the best Twitter web apps and tools, mashups, Twitter clients, resources and more all in one location.

Users can search and  browse the many Twitter related categories, select individual favorites, rate, comment, review and share links to the best Twitter tools and resources.

It’s free to submit links to your favorite apps!

Simply register a username at TweetSocial.

I’ve personally submitted the best apps and Twitter tools that I’ve found.  My latest project, FollowLists.com is included in the Twitter Apps category.  It is a newer app that has a few features not yet live, check it out as well.

Stay tuned to the blog for occasional updates on the directory project, TweetSocial and FollowLists!

What do you think of the resources on the Twitter Directory so far?

Your feedback and submissions to the directory are greatly appreciated!

We’ve received positive feedback and lots of suggestions, many of which we will implement soon.

You can follow @FollowLists on Twitter to stay up-to-date and message us with any feedback or questions.

Here are some live example Follow Lists that have been created already…

• 15 Great Designers on Twitter
• Cool Eco People
• 19 Google Services on Twitter – Official Profiles
• Active Domainers on Twitter
• Money Makers
• Top 20 SEO Gurus on Twitter
• 10 Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs
• Blevdog’s Friends

Nice lists people!

Tip: You can Re-Tweet any list by clicking on the Tweet It! link at the bottom!

Thanks for everyone who has tried out Follow Lists and shared it with their followers.  We appreciate your help spreading the word!

We are proud to present the launch of FollowLists.com as we feel this may have a great impact on the way people share follow love on Twitter.

This free Twitter tool could revolutionize the #FollowFriday movement by allowing you to store a (larger) list of profiles and share it with ease.  It’s also much easier to re-tweet a FollowLists link than a traditional list of @profiles.

Here’s some example list ideas you could create…

• My Follow Friday Picks
• Top 10 Web Designers on Twitter
• List of Best Businesses on Twitter
• My Family on Twitter
• Top 20 Tweeters in North Carolina
• My Favorite Tweeple

Anyway, I’ll let you check it out and discover new uses for it!  Head to FollowLists.com now and create your list and then you can tweet it with one click!

Many more features are already on the drawing board, but we wanted to open the flood gates now!  Stay tuned for updates and please post any comments, suggestions or questions below!

It’s very likely that everything will be ready to launch on Friday, April 24th.

I can’t offer too many details… But, it will save some Twitter users lots of time while being quite fun and helping Twitter users to network and find new followers!

This fairly simple web based app can have a variety of uses and has room to evolve with more advanced features still on the drawing board.

The tool will reward Twitter users who share great content and it will help niche communities, individuals and even business to grow their network and expand!

What this new tool is NOT… This will not be a full blown twitter app like TweetDeck or Twhirl, nor is it any kind of viral follow scheme.

Please leave a comment below if you are interested in possibly beta testing or want a sneak peek at the new tool.  I will contact you sometime between now and April 24th.

Also, I would appreciate any help to get the word out…
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Stay tuned to this blog for updates or follow me (@DotSauce) on Twitter.