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Researcher in Applied Psychology and Human Computer Interaction. University College Cork
Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels.
New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64
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Deliberate designer & empirical philosopher of playful & engaging things. Professor, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College. Editor-in-Chief, @acmgames@bsky.social. https://codingconduct.cc
🎮 Games User Research Consultant, author of “How To Be A Games User Researcher” | Horizon, SingStar, LittleBigPlanet, PlayStation VR & more 🤫 | Make games players love: http://gamesuserresearch.com 👾
Heard before being seen | PhD Researcher on Video Games and Wellbeing @iggi-phd.bsky.social | Magic: The Gathering Legacy and Vintage enthusiast | linktr.ee/saharmirhadi
HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
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Computer scientist working on Human-Computer Interaction, in particular building and using theories of interactive behavior.
Postdoc at the Oxford Internet Institute - video games, mental health, open research, theory generation.
Games User Researcher @ Tencent | PhD in games | movies are my favourite language
That Scottish AI and games guy...
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Founder of @aiandgames.com
Game AI Programmer & Consultant
Public speaker, educator, nuisance
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He-Him, PhD
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Senior Games User Researcher @ Square Enix | PhD in Player Experience | Previously @ Player Research | 👾 video games 🎲 board games ⚡️pokemon tcg ☕️ coffee & possibly other things | she/her
Postdoc at Uni of Lincoln | Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2025 | HCI researcher studying emerging tech + ethics 🎮 | London, UK 📍 | find me at the cinema 🎦
Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach the playful, weird, wonderful and radical. (he/him)
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Projects:
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Aficionada of architecture, art, books, cake, coffee, dance, games, linguistics, music, saxophones, science, shoes, typewriters, zeitgeist.
Manager of iGGi - Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence @ Queen Mary Uni of London
Academic. AI & Games. London. QMUL Game AI Group. https://www.iggi-phd.org/
Lecturer in Psychology at LJMU and PhD student at Uni of York researching persistent low mood and gaming habits. Professional book reviewer, amateur tea lover
