Designing the fun out of games
Okay, this is going to be a bit of a rant. I suspect that it also might make me look a bit sad, playing computer games on a Saturday afternoon, but here goes… In my spare time I’m currently playing…
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Tag Archive: usability
Defining boundaries
There’s a really interesting article on Gamasurta on the use of obstacles and barriers in games and the usability issues associated with them. I thought this was a clear analysis of some of the common usability problems in terms of…
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Second life in real life
Thanks to Lawrie for pointing out this video to me, to add into my first ever keynote talk (and for doing an excellent job of calming me down beforehand). I think this is a great way of highlighting some of…
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A day out of the office
Last week I was part of an ‘expert panel’ arranged by Pure Usability as part of a web site redesign process. I wasn’t particularly looking forward to the day (being full of cold and more than usually grumpy) but was…
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