{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steve Bromley - User Research","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog","author_name":"Steve Bromley","author_url":"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Don't Playtest Your Game - Steve Bromley - User Research","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"H6bJv4zKNt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/dont-playtest-your-game\/\">Don&#8217;t Playtest Your Game<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/dont-playtest-your-game\/embed\/#?secret=H6bJv4zKNt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Don&#8217;t Playtest Your Game&#8221; &#8212; Steve Bromley - User Research\" data-secret=\"H6bJv4zKNt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"This post is about why you shouldn\u2019t playtest your game. But it\u2019s not about why your game shouldn\u2019t be tested. It just shouldn\u2019t be you, the developer, doing it. Playtesting during development is invaluable, and it\u2019s great to see how enthusiastic many teams are about running their own tests. However there are a number of [&hellip;]"}