{"id":1728,"date":"2012-06-06T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:44:58","slug":"what-is-games-user-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/what-is-games-user-research\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Games User Research?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote a short introduction to Games User Research for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulolyslager.com\/user-research-games\/\" title=\"user Research in Games\">PaulOlyslager.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article covers topics including why user research is important to games, what are the differences between games and traditional UX research and some common techniques used in games user research.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes some links to more information about games user research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulolyslager.com\/user-research-games\/\">Read the full article here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote a short introduction to Games User Research for PaulOlyslager.com. 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