With the School Holidays coming to a close, I just wanted to share with you some my recent happenings. On my personal blog (http://andrewstapleton.com) you can find an overview of a book I recently finished entitled “On the Way to Fun” (http://andrewstapleton.com/?p=290). This book provides an interesting adjunct to other research such as the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics [...]
This month’s Edge magazine, features an article on games user research. The authors note that while “usability may be gaining respectability… it’s still one of the least understood aspects of design.” Accordingly, they set out to answer a couple of fundamental questions: How does the industry approach user research today, and why has something so [...]
We’ll be attending the Australian Games Expo this weekend. If you’re in Canberra, feel free to stop on by and catch up for a chat with Andrew.
We came across a list recently and thought it was something worth sharing with you. It was a list of eight (8) commercial video and commputer games to “make you a better boss” (link below). As you’d expect the list is dominated by simulation and strategy games. But it also includes games like Fallout 3 and Left 4 [...]
PlaytoResearch is pleased to announce that we will be attending this years “Mind and its Potential” conference to be held in Sydney, November 18-19, 2010. With renowned international speakers including Dr Stuart Brown (author of Play:How it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul), Daniel Pink (A whole new mind), and Prof [...]
Our recent website launch coincided with PlaytoResearch Game Experience Engineer, Dr. Andrew Stapleton, visit to SimTecT 2010. This was a fantastic opportunity to develop new acquaintances and meet old colleagues. Andrew was involved in two workshops on the Monday prior to the beginning of the conference, assisting Dr. Elyssebeth Leigh. He also presented his paper [...]
Welcome to our shiny new website which will be evolving over the coming months. We look forward to catching up with those of you attending SimTecT 2010 in Brisbane. You can catch Andrew at his presentation session with Elyssebeth Leigh at noon on Tuesday. Feel free to say “g’day” .