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Games UX Research and Design - Reading for Professional Development

Interested in User Experience (UX) and video games? This list began as a curation from personal and professional recommendations as my career has evolved in games. It has grown to include influential works from throughout my academic and professional career that have shaped my working philosophies and provided me with invaluable perspective.

This is my current active reading list for own professional development in Games UX Research and Design. Always looking for new recommendations!

Notable Mentions:
- Includes amazing recommendations from the IGDA Games User Research SIG:

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Designing Quality Survey Questions
Designing Quality Survey Questions
  • Sheila B. Robinson
  • Kimberly Firth Leonard
00 reads
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
  • Krug Steve
4.12141 reads
Games User Research
Games User Research
    42 reads
    Game Usability: Advancing the Player Experience
    Game Usability: Advancing the Player Experience
    • Katherine Isbister
    • Noah Schaffer
    00 reads
    How To Be A Games User Researcher: Run better playtests, reveal usability and UX issues, and make videogames better
    How To Be A Games User Researcher: Run better playtests, reveal usability and UX issues, and make videogames better
    • Steve Bromley
    52 reads
    Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights
    Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights
    • Steve Portigal
    45 reads
    Just Enough Research: 2nd Edition
    Just Enough Research: 2nd Edition
    • Erika Hall
    00 reads
    Quantifying the User Experience: Practical Statistics for User Research
    Quantifying the User Experience: Practical Statistics for User Research
    • Jeff Sauro
    • Lewis R. James
    32 reads
    The Design of Everyday Things
    The Design of Everyday Things
    • Donald A. Norman
    4.2459 reads
    The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
    The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
    • Celia Hodent
    00 reads
    Theory of Fun for Game Design
    Theory of Fun for Game Design
    • Raph Koster
    3.7925 reads
    The Pocket Mentor for Video Game UX Ui
    The Pocket Mentor for Video Game UX Ui
    • SIMON BREWER
    4.51 read
    The Secret Science of Games
    The Secret Science of Games
    • John Hopson
    31 read