Steve Bromley - User Research

Usability and User Research for Websites, Software and Games

Why user researchers should learn to code

I’ve never been very good at coding. However I’ve found that the bits I do know have helped me become a better user researcher. In this post I explain how this knowledge has helped me, and why I recommend that all user researchers should learn how to code.

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Is this the end of gamification? (updated)

I recently wrote an article for PaulOlyslager.com on gamification and looked at its history, the controversy surrounding it, and what this means to businesses interested in gamification today. Read

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Playtesting doesn’t “make games easier”

I was surprised to see the amount of misinformation and disdain for playtesting within

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Games User Research in 2013

As we dive into 2013, I was interested in what this year may hold for the games user research field. I’ve asked a number of researchers, representing commercial research and academia, what they are excited about for the industry in 2013, and what they think the big themes of the next year will be for…

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5 achievement sins in games

I’ve discussed before how

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