Steve Bromley - User Research

Usability and User Research for Websites, Software and Games

What’s in a games user research report?

To improve the The title page - nothing exciting here, it's just the core information about the research - the game, the date, the reviewer, the method. Objectives and Method For this specific review, the objectives are very general - identify usability issues. For a real test, the researcher will have met with the developers…

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Running User Tests for Virtual Reality

I recently gave a talk at

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Why attend GUR conferences?

2015 was a fantastic year for games user research conferences, with another successful GUR-SIG Summit in San Francisco, the first ever European #gamesUR conference in London and others including CHI-Play and Bungie’s User Research Summer Camp. Conference season is nearly upon us again, and it’s time to look forward to the events this year. The…

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Building Trust with Development Teams

Being a good user researcher is not just about finding usability or user experience issues with games. Once the issues have been found, another part of the role is ensuring that the development team take the right action to resolve them. To achieve this, it’s important to create a strong trust relationship with the development…

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#GamesUR Conference is done!

After months of organisation, on July 17th we held the first ever European Games User Research conference at Conway Hall in London. The event brought together speakers and researchers from companies such as PlayStation, Ubisoft, Riot Games, Microsoft, Epic Games

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