Patrick Tan – User Researcher at Hothead Games
This month I’ve been talking to Patrick Tan, User Researcher at Hothead Games about his journey into games user research, and getting his first role in the games industry.
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Sharing Games User Research Findings
Communication is one of the most important skills for a researcher to have – here is the lowdown on sharing games user research findings.
Jimmy Zhou – Researcher at Riot Games
Jimmy Zhou is a user researcher, working on League of Legends at Riot Games. In this exclusive interview, he covers how an internship helped him get into the industry, how to expand your methodology experience, and the importance of starting conversations in the industry.
Remote games user research
Remote games user research is an essential part of our toolbox. In this issue we explore how to do it, and some of the problems to look out for.
Joe Florey – Senior User Researcher at PlayStation
Joe Florey is an experienced user researcher, working in PlayStation’s European user research team. In this exclusive interview, he explained how mentoring helped him join the industry, and his experience converting a psychology PhD into a games user research role.
Quantitative Research for new games user researchers
Essential quantitative research skills for games user researchers, including how to compare two data-sets, and common stats errors.
Adam Lobel – UX Researcher at Blizzard
An exclusive interview with Adam Lobel, who has been a user experience researcher at Blizzard for two years. We discussed meeting new people in the workplace, turning a PhD into a games job and spotting opportunities in the data that others miss.
Networking to your first games user research job
Networking to get started in games user research
Tyler Sterle
An exclusive interview with Tyler Sterle about the work he has been doing while studying to break into the games industry, essential games user research resources, the importance of networking, and the need to make your own luck!
Move from academia into games user research
Not hearing back from job applications? Here’s what to cover when moving from academia to the games industry
Charles Somerville – User Researcher at Bethesda.
Charles Somerville is a user researcher at Bethesda. I caught up with him to ask about his journey into games. He talked about some great topics including applying academic experience into the games industry.
Moving into games user research from other UX jobs
How to convert your career and experience from other UX industries into a job in games user research.
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