Game Usability. Advice from the Experts for Advancing the Player Experience

Content: 
Front matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Pages vii-x
Chapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 3-5
Chapter 2 - Organizational Challenges for User Research in the Videogame Industry: Overview and Advice, Pages 7-27
Chapter 3 - Interview with Tobi Saulnier, Founder and CEO of 1st Playable Productions, Pages 29-32
Chapter 4 - Games User Research (GUR): Our Experience with and Evolution of Four Methods, Pages 35-64
Chapter 5 - Let the Game Tester Do the Talking: Think Aloud and Interviewing to Learn About the Game Experience, Pages 65-77
Chapter 6 - Heuristic Evaluation of Games, Pages 79-89
Chapter 7 - Usability and Playability Expert Evaluation, Pages 91-111
Chapter 8 - Interview with Eric Schaffer, Ph.D., CEO of Human Factors International, Pages 113-117
Chapter 9 - Master Metrics: The Science Behind the Art of Game Design, Pages 119-140
Chapter 10 - The Strange Case of the Casual Gamer, Pages 143-158
Chapter 11 - Interviews about User Testing Practices at PlayFirst®, Pages 159-163
Chapter 12 - Interview with Roppyaku Tsurumi, Roppyaku Design, Pages 165-184
Chapter 13 - Using Biometric Measurement to Help Develop Emotionally Compelling Games, Pages 187-205
Chapter 14 - Physiological Measures for Game Evaluation, Pages 207-235
Chapter 15 - TRUE Instrumentation: Tracking Real-Time User Experience in Games, Pages 237-265
Chapter 16 - Interview with Georgios Yannakakis, Assistant Professor at the Center for Computer Games Research, IT-University of Copenhagen, Pages 267-269
Chapter 17 (A) - Usability for Game Feel, Pages 271-280
Chapter 17 (B) - Further Thoughts from Steve Swink on Game Usability, Pages 281-304
Chapter 18 - Interview about Prototyping and Usability with Jenova Chen, Pages 305-308
Chapter 19 - Social Psychology and User Research, Pages 309-316
Chapter 20 - The Four Fun Keys, Pages 317-343
Chapter 21 - Matrix of Issues and Tools, Pages 347-351
Chapter 22 - Interview with Don Norman, Principal in the Nielsen-Norman Group, and Professor, NorthwesternUniversity, Pages 353-355
Chapter 23 - “Gamenics” and its Potential—Interview with Akihiro Saitō, Professor, Ritsumeikan University, College of Image Arts and Sciences; Director, Bmat Japan, Pages 357-379
Index, Pages 381-388