#gamesUR Summit Presentations

When available the presentations from past Games User Research Summits are made available from this page. The talks and panels hosted here are the legal property of the authors and are not the property of the Games Research and User Experience SIG, IGDA, or the website host or creator. Any presentation, representation, or likeness of work hosted here belong soley to the authors of each talk, panel or files as presented and are solely the property of the author(s). By downloading or accessing these files you agree not to present these files, make changes, or modify in any way these files without express written consent from the author.

  • Problem-solving strategies and learning in The Witness - Megan Pusey

    • Problem-solving strategies and learning in The Witness - Megan Pusey

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  • Increasing Research Impact through Collaborative Studies - Steve Bromley

    • Increasing Research Impact through Collaborative Studies - Steve Bromley

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  • Play time is over: Running games user research on non-games - Xbox Research

    • Play time is over: Running games user research on non-games - Xbox Research

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  • Effective Communication in Chaos: Lessons for Communication System Design in Team Play - Evelyn Tan

    • Effective Communication in Chaos: Lessons for Communication System Design in Team Play - Evelyn Tan

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  • 10 Checkpoints for Cultural Representation in Games - Udaya Lakshmi

    • 10 Checkpoints for Cultural Representation in Games - Udaya Lakshmi

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  • Mind the Gap Between Academia and Games - Josh Rivers, CCP

    • Mind the Gap Between Academia and Games - Josh Rivers, CCP

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  • Eliciting Play Experiences with an Argumentative Qualitative Interview Method - Heidi Rautalahti

    • Eliciting Play Experiences with an Argumentative Qualitative Interview Method - Heidi Rautalahti

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  • Building UX Process from scratch: Experiences of UX at small & mid-sized studios

    • Building UX Process from scratch: Experiences of UX at small & mid-sized studios

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  • GRUX 2020 Census - Elizabeth Zelle, Amazon Games

    • GRUX 2020 Census - Elizabeth Zelle, Amazon Games

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  • Why Looking At Non-Games UX Makes For Better Games UX - Bernice Wong, Pixelberry Studios

    • Why Looking At Non-Games UX Makes For Better Games UX - Bernice Wong, Pixelberry Studios

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  • Deep Representation in Tell Me Why - Deborah Hendersen, Microsoft

    • Deep Representation in Tell Me Why - Deborah Hendersen, Microsoft

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  • Do I need Technical Knowledge for a career in UX/UI? - Andreia Gonçalves

    • Do I need Technical Knowledge for a career in UX/UI? - Andreia Gonçalves

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  • QnA with Celia Hodent, Consultant, hosted by Emma Varjo

    • QnA with Celia Hodent, Consultant, hosted by Emma Varjo

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  • Balancing in Rainbow Six Siege (R6)

    • Balancing in Rainbow Six Siege (R6)

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  • Design Barriers for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Gamers

    • Design Barriers for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Gamers

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  • MindMaps: Get In Front of Game Design Decisions

    • MindMaps: Get In Front of Game Design Decisions

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  • Understanding Player Behaviour Through Visualization

    • Understanding Player Behaviour Through Visualization

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  • Effectively Using Biosensors In Game Testing

    • Effectively Using Biosensors In Game Testing

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  • Social Experiences In Single Player Puzzle Games

    • Social Experiences In Single Player Puzzle Games

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  • A Heuristic Checklist for VR Design

    • A Heuristic Checklist for VR Design

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  • The Future of E-Sports is the Future of GUR

    • The Future of E-Sports is the Future of GUR

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  • Interactive Visualization Of Data

    • Interactive Visualization Of Data

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  • Immersion, Flow and Usability in Games

    • Immersion, Flow and Usability in Games

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  • Our Foot's In The Door, Now What? - Panel

    • Our Foot's In The Door, Now What? - Panel

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  • Starting In GUR With Only A High School Degree

    • Starting In GUR With Only A High School Degree

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  • Chasing Rabbits

    • Chasing Rabbits

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  • GRUX Games User Research Salary Survey

    • GRUX Games User Research Salary Survey

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  • Kick-Off: #gamesUR US Summit 2019

    • Kick-Off: #gamesUR US Summit 2019

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  • A Golden Age of Research: A Framework for Advancement

    • A Golden Age of Research: A Framework for Advancement

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  • Shaping Wastrels into Proper Citizens: Impacts of UR on We Happy Few

    • Shaping Wastrels into Proper Citizens: Impacts of UR on We Happy Few

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  • You Play Like a GURL: Perspectives from Female-Identifying Researchers

    • You Play Like a GURL: Perspectives from Female-Identifying Researchers

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  • Narrative Usability Workshop

    • Narrative Usability Workshop

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  • Games User Research: A World of Warcraft Case Study

    • Games User Research: A World of Warcraft Case Study

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  • Diary of a Playtest Recruiter - You Want Me to do What Now? (And by When?)

    • Diary of a Playtest Recruiter - You Want Me to do What Now? (And by When?)

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  • Including the User Voice in Algorithm World

    • Including the User Voice in Algorithm World

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  • What Makes A Great Usability Expert Review? Lessons From My Practice Game Analyses

    • What Makes A Great Usability Expert Review? Lessons From My Practice Game Analyses

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  • Ask Us (Almost) Anything So We Can Argue About It

    • Ask Us (Almost) Anything So We Can Argue About It

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  • Player Interviews 101: What Questions to Ask and How to Ask Them

    • Player Interviews 101: What Questions to Ask and How to Ask Them

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  • Rapport and participant interaction in games user research

    • Rapport and participant interaction in games user research

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  • Survey Design in the Wild: Lessons to be Learned from Bad Survey Questions

    • Survey Design in the Wild: Lessons to be Learned from Bad Survey Questions

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  • Leveling Up Your Skills as a Student User Researcher: Working with Local Devs and More

    • Leveling Up Your Skills as a Student User Researcher: Working with Local Devs and More

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  • Blending UR in the Design Cycle to Maximize Impact

    • Blending UR in the Design Cycle to Maximize Impact

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  • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. UX Research in Pre-Production

    • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. UX Research in Pre-Production

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  • Why You Don’t Need an Army to Run Long Term Diary Studies

    • Why You Don’t Need an Army to Run Long Term Diary Studies

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  • How to Create a Quality Research Budget and Schedule for You Game Project

    • How to Create a Quality Research Budget and Schedule for You Game Project

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  • A Fireside chat with John & Mike

    • A Fireside chat with John & Mike

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  • Games User Research Salary Survey 2019 - Jonathan Dankoff & Seb Long

    • Games User Research Salary Survey 2019 - Jonathan Dankoff & Seb Long

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  • Games Research and User Experience SIG Chair Update - Ben Lewis-Evans

    • Games Research and User Experience SIG Chair Update - Ben Lewis-Evans

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  • The Business of User Research

    • The Business of User Research

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  • Lessons on User Research with Gaming Robots

    • Lessons on User Research with Gaming Robots

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  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands Analytics Success Stories

    • Ghost Recon: Wildlands Analytics Success Stories

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  • Leveraging the Player Life Cycle with Data

    • Leveraging the Player Life Cycle with Data

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  • UX as a Competence Center for Collaboration: Workshop Methods

    • UX as a Competence Center for Collaboration: Workshop Methods

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  • Developing a Research Strategy and Budget

    • Developing a Research Strategy and Budget

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  • Starting a UX revolution (One New Game at a Time)

    • Starting a UX revolution (One New Game at a Time)

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  • Opening Address: GamesUR US Summit 2018

    • Opening Address: GamesUR US Summit 2018

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  • Keynote: How to Win Friends and Influence Developers

    • Keynote: How to Win Friends and Influence Developers

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  • Your Survey Sucks: Exposing Truths to Mobile Games Dev Teams Through Better Quant

    • Your Survey Sucks: Exposing Truths to Mobile Games Dev Teams Through Better Quant

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  • Context and Game Analytics: Hearthstone and Overwatch Gotchas

    • Context and Game Analytics: Hearthstone and Overwatch Gotchas

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  • Solving the Mystery Using the Wizard of Oz Method

    • Solving the Mystery Using the Wizard of Oz Method

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  • Researching League of Legends' Largest Update

    • Researching League of Legends' Largest Update

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  • Roundtable: Constructive Conversations about Racism and Sexism

    • Roundtable: Constructive Conversations about Racism and Sexism

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  • A Player-centered Look at Spending and Advertising in Mobile Games

    • A Player-centered Look at Spending and Advertising in Mobile Games

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  • Building Confidence in Topics of Games User Research

    • Building Confidence in Topics of Games User Research

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  • Challenges in the Game Analytics Pipeline

    • Challenges in the Game Analytics Pipeline

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  • Experimental Research Showcase

    • Experimental Research Showcase

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  • Player Segmentation: A Practical Mixed Method Approach

    • Player Segmentation: A Practical Mixed Method Approach

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  • VR Play: Usability and Playability Guidelines for VR Games

    • VR Play: Usability and Playability Guidelines for VR Games

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  • Games User Research Salary Survey 2018

    • Games User Research Salary Survey 2018

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  • Games User Research SIG Chair Update 2018

    • Games User Research SIG Chair Update 2018

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  • Appreciation Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Lenses - Massive Entertainment

    • Appreciation Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Lenses - Massive Entertainment

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  • All Your Methods Are Belong To Us: Lessons GamesUR Can Learn From ‘Mainstream’ User Research

    • All Your Methods Are Belong To Us: Lessons GamesUR Can Learn From ‘Mainstream’ User Research

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  • A Framework for the Fine-grained Evaluation of the Interactive Narrative Experience

    • A Framework for the Fine-grained Evaluation of the Interactive Narrative Experience

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  • High Impact Opportunities For User Research With Mobile F2P Games - Rovio

    • High Impact Opportunities For User Research With Mobile F2P Games - Rovio

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  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands Case Study: Looking through the lens of self-determination theory

    • Ghost Recon: Wildlands Case Study: Looking through the lens of self-determination theory

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  • The In-House Tools Of A Small Games User Research Team

    • The In-House Tools Of A Small Games User Research Team

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  • Game Analytics for Game User Research

    • Game Analytics for Game User Research

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  • An Introduction to Sony London’s User Research Team

    • An Introduction to Sony London’s User Research Team

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  • Research Sprints for Gaining Trust

    • Research Sprints for Gaining Trust

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  • Opening Remarks

    • Opening Remarks

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  • Keynote: Storytelling with Statistics

    • Keynote: Storytelling with Statistics

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  • Guidelines for Inclusive and Accessible Games

    • Guidelines for Inclusive and Accessible Games

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  • Qualitative Research: Why We Hired a Tax Researcher to Work on a Baseball Game

    • Qualitative Research: Why We Hired a Tax Researcher to Work on a Baseball Game

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  • The Anatomy of Gamer Motivations

    • The Anatomy of Gamer Motivations

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  • GUR Lessons from Mars and the Last Star (DOOM & Battleborn)

    • GUR Lessons from Mars and the Last Star (DOOM & Battleborn)

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  • Reducing biases in User Research

    • Reducing biases in User Research

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  • Panel: Breaking into GUR

    • Panel: Breaking into GUR

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  • How to save the forest when all the trees are on fire

    • How to save the forest when all the trees are on fire

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  • Testing in VR: Practicalities and considerations

    • Testing in VR: Practicalities and considerations

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  • Accessibility – Your Questions Answered

    • Accessibility – Your Questions Answered

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  • Microtalks

    • Microtalks

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  • User Research vs. Data Science

    • User Research vs. Data Science

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  • SWaGUR – Training the Next Generation of Games User Researchers

    • SWaGUR – Training the Next Generation of Games User Researchers

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  • Debating Return on Investment for Games User Research

    • Debating Return on Investment for Games User Research

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  • Quantum Break: A Tour of Methods We Used To Test This Rather Odd Product

    • Quantum Break: A Tour of Methods We Used To Test This Rather Odd Product

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  • Testing Story and Character: Process, Learnings, and Results

    • Testing Story and Character: Process, Learnings, and Results

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  • Games User Research SIG Chair Update

    • Games User Research SIG Chair Update

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  • Designing for Gamers with Deafness

    • Designing for Gamers with Deafness

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  • A Methodological Framework for Eye-tracking

    • A Methodological Framework for Eye-tracking

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  • Careers: Forging a Career in #GamesUR

    • Careers: Forging a Career in #GamesUR

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  • Diary Studies To Research Long Term Behaviour

    • Diary Studies To Research Long Term Behaviour

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  • Communicating Research To Teams and Stakeholders

    • Communicating Research To Teams and Stakeholders

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  • Playtesting in VR: Takeaways

    • Playtesting in VR: Takeaways

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  • Preparing Students to be Game User Researchers

    • Preparing Students to be Game User Researchers

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  • Lessons Learnt in User Research for Indie Studios

    • Lessons Learnt in User Research for Indie Studios

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  • Asked by children

    • Asked by children

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  • Asked by grandparents

    • Asked by grandparents

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  • Asked by a CEO

    • Asked by a CEO

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  • *Extra credits*

    • *Extra credits*

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  • Asked by a student

    • Asked by a student

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  • Asked by a game designer

    • Asked by a game designer

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  • The Evolution of Insight at Riot Games

    • The Evolution of Insight at Riot Games

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  • Gesture Methods The New Sign Language

    • Gesture Methods The New Sign Language

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  • Gamer Motivation Profile Findings

    • Gamer Motivation Profile Findings

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  • Biometrics at Ubisoft Montreal

    • Biometrics at Ubisoft Montreal

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  • Our Subversive Goal in Teaching

    • Our Subversive Goal in Teaching

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  • Designing and Building a Research Lab

    • Designing and Building a Research Lab

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  • Live Test Experience on Rainbow Six Siege

    • Live Test Experience on Rainbow Six Siege

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  • GURSIG Update

    • GURSIG Update

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  • Fireside Chat PS3 ♥'s Xbox

    • Fireside Chat PS3 ♥'s Xbox

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  • How To Easily and Effectively Communicate with Dev Teams

    • How To Easily and Effectively Communicate with Dev Teams

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  • Crowdsourcing Player Experience Evaluation

    • Crowdsourcing Player Experience Evaluation

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  • Success Factors as Communication Tools in Mobile

    • Success Factors as Communication Tools in Mobile

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  • Open Discussion

    • Open Discussion

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  • Methods in Telemetry and Research at Volition

    • Methods in Telemetry and Research at Volition

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  • Virtual Reality Open RoundTable

    • Virtual Reality Open RoundTable

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  • Assessment of Responses to Narrative in Games

    • Assessment of Responses to Narrative in Games

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POSTERS


  • 2.01 Rage Quitting - Schmidlin

    • 2.01 Rage Quitting - Schmidlin

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  • 1.03 Panel Education & Training - Greenwood Erickson

    • 1.03 Panel Education & Training - Greenwood Erickson

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  • 2.03 Panel Recruiting Tactics - Vorlick

    • 2.03 Panel Recruiting Tactics - Vorlick

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  • 1.04 Review Analysis - Livingston

    • 1.04 Review Analysis - Livingston

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  • 1.05 Mobile Diaries - Leroy

    • 1.05 Mobile Diaries - Leroy

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  • 2.05 Forza Skill & Progression - Debeauvais

    • 2.05 Forza Skill & Progression - Debeauvais

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  • 1.06 Destiny Combatants - Ash

    • 1.06 Destiny Combatants - Ash

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  • 2.06 Demo Usability Approach by Academic - Dubbels

    • 2.06 Demo Usability Approach by Academic - Dubbels

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  • 1.07 Panel Destiny GUR - Ash

    • 1.07 Panel Destiny GUR - Ash

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  • 1.08 User Profiling - Drachen

    • 1.08 User Profiling - Drachen

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  • 2.08 Demo Usability by UX Consultant - Schklar

    • 2.08 Demo Usability by UX Consultant - Schklar

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  • 2.09 Demo PlayStation Lab Tour - Tanimura

    • 2.09 Demo PlayStation Lab Tour - Tanimura

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  • 1.10 Dragon Age - Berg

    • 1.10 Dragon Age - Berg

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  • 2.10 Panel Lab Spaces & Setups - Greenwood Erickson

    • 2.10 Panel Lab Spaces & Setups - Greenwood Erickson

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  • 1.11 Closing Update - Tisserand

    • 1.11 Closing Update - Tisserand

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  • 1.12 Keynote UX & Developer Collaboration - Celia Hodent

    • 1.12 Keynote UX & Developer Collaboration - Celia Hodent

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  • Methods for Long Term Engagement & Competitor Research

    • Methods for Long Term Engagement & Competitor Research

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  • How Sony is approaching accessibility for disabled gamers

    • How Sony is approaching accessibility for disabled gamers

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  • Building Ubisoft's Games User Research Machine

    • Building Ubisoft's Games User Research Machine

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  • Ubisoft’s Narrative Review Process

    • Ubisoft’s Narrative Review Process

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  • From Body Signals to Brainy Player Insights

    • From Body Signals to Brainy Player Insights

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  • Playtesting and Data Analysis in Saints Row

    • Playtesting and Data Analysis in Saints Row

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  • Welcome to Summoner’s Rift: A look into research at Riot Games

    • Welcome to Summoner’s Rift: A look into research at Riot Games

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  • Pragmatic, Integrated, Scrappy-Fighty: User-Testing @Activision

    • Pragmatic, Integrated, Scrappy-Fighty: User-Testing @Activision

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  • Game Analytics: Opening the Black Box

    • Game Analytics: Opening the Black Box

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  • GUR SIG Steering Committee Chair

    • GUR SIG Steering Committee Chair

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  • What Went Wrong, and How We Fixed It: A Town Hall Discussion of Common Problems in GUR

    • What Went Wrong, and How We Fixed It: A Town Hall Discussion of Common Problems in GUR

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  • Gua-Le-Ni: The Case for Casual Biometrics

    • Gua-Le-Ni: The Case for Casual Biometrics

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  • Cross-Functional Communication through Personas

    • Cross-Functional Communication through Personas

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  • Building a GUR lab - A journey from academia to industry

    • Building a GUR lab - A journey from academia to industry

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  • Consumer research in the video game industry

    • Consumer research in the video game industry

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  • Preferences for Chat in Casual Games

    • Preferences for Chat in Casual Games

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  • User Research to Support Design of a Mobile-Based Social Dance Game

    • User Research to Support Design of a Mobile-Based Social Dance Game

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  • Research and testing with profoundly disabled preschool children

    • Research and testing with profoundly disabled preschool children

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  • Building Second Screen Controllers for the Big Screen

    • Building Second Screen Controllers for the Big Screen

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  • Rapid Results

    • Rapid Results

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  • A Grand Unification for GUR: A graphical framework for methods and measures

    • A Grand Unification for GUR: A graphical framework for methods and measures

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  • On the Usability of Psycophysiological User research for the Games Industry

    • On the Usability of Psycophysiological User research for the Games Industry

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  • Where is the Fun: Measuring Social Interaction

    • Where is the Fun: Measuring Social Interaction

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  • CORE Games@Disney User Research: What and Why

    • CORE Games@Disney User Research: What and Why

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  • Closing Remarks

    • Closing Remarks

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  • Advancing Game User Research Through R&D: Benefits, Risks and Lessons Learned

    • Advancing Game User Research Through R&D: Benefits, Risks and Lessons Learned

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  • Beyond Thunderdome: Debating the effectiveness of different user-research techniques

    • Beyond Thunderdome: Debating the effectiveness of different user-research techniques

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  • Useful Research: Recommendations Designers will Actually Act on

    • Useful Research: Recommendations Designers will Actually Act on

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  • Conclusion

    • Conclusion

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  • First Impressions Count: Understanding Initial Moments of Gameplay

    • First Impressions Count: Understanding Initial Moments of Gameplay

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  • How effective am I? A framework for evaluating and improving your ‘User Research Pipeline’

    • How effective am I? A framework for evaluating and improving your ‘User Research Pipeline’

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  • GUR on Kinnect - Tales from the Trenches

    • GUR on Kinnect - Tales from the Trenches

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  • Mining the Madden Experience: Applying Machine Learning to Telemetry

    • Mining the Madden Experience: Applying Machine Learning to Telemetry

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  • Intro (Bill Fulton)

    • Intro (Bill Fulton)

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  • Weedon Engelbrecht Discussion

    • Weedon Engelbrecht Discussion

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  • Veronica Zammitto

    • Veronica Zammitto

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  • Heather Desurvire

    • Heather Desurvire

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  • Carla Engelbrecht

    • Carla Engelbrecht

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  • Bill Fulton

    • Bill Fulton

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  • Graham McAllister

    • Graham McAllister

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  • Bruce Phillips

    • Bruce Phillips

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  • Bruce Phillips: Discussion

    • Bruce Phillips: Discussion

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  • David Tisserand

    • David Tisserand

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  • Ben Weedon 1

    • Ben Weedon 1

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  • Ben Weedon 2

    • Ben Weedon 2

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  • Dimitri Williams

    • Dimitri Williams

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