I want to thank everyone so much for joining this group; I'm very glad you enjoyed the presentation. I will be posting a copy of it here this weekend. Another...
I've updloaded a PDF version of my presentation from the 2008 IA Summit to my blog at www.WorldWideIntertubes.com (the file was a little too big for the Yahoo!...
If you haven't seen these videos before, they're definitely worth viewing. Johnny Lee is a researcher at Carnegie Mellon who has been working on ways that you...
I'm going to be building a pattern library on Flickr based on game user interfaces. I'd like to brainstorm ideas for interface elements to be included, and...
Hey all, By any chance, did anyone take pictures when I was demonstrating the EyeToy at the Summit? If so, I'd love to incorporate them into a slidecast of...
Here's an article very much along the same lines of the game-based personal finance application I discussed. Interesting that this writer is in game design...
... and here's an article from today's Wall Street Journal describing some shopping interfaces as games. I don't think that I would actually classify these as...
Hey everyone, To this point I haven't taken the opportunity to use the GameUIDesign list to its fullest advantage, and I'd like to pick it up a bit. A few...
This is a great resource, thanks so much for posting it Theba. It's great that there's a growing interest in how usability methods can be applied to and grow...
Hi John, looking forward to hearing more about the discussion. Was wondering if you or anyone could help me with this – I'm redesigning an extremely dated...
Theba You might take a look at mint.com, filife.com and http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/index.aspx?economist=eco3459 for some interesting takes on...
Hmm.... I don't have an ideal example, but I can approach the question in a few ways. 1. This isn't so much a charting interface, but I'd recommend checking...
Hi Mia, John, thank you very much for pointing these out. They've triggered quite a few viable design ideas. The PNC, mint, filife interfaces are impressive...
I've just blogged an interview with the creative director of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Eric Matthews. It was a really great discssion that had clear...
I want to welcome a few new members to this mailing list. And I'd like to ask of the whole list -- what's your experience of games? Have you seen any game...
Hi, I'm Jeroen Bennink, interaction designer at a dutch company called Info.nl. I've played both pc and console games, nowadays i'm only playing xbox360 and...
So what's your feeling on the Wii's controller? "jeroen_bennink" <jeroenbennink@...> Sent by: GameUIdesign@yahoogroups.com 10/01/2008 07:36 AM Please...
Perfect when I'm playing tennis, when I need to navigate in a menu the controls are not as precise as a regular controller. Pointing a hand towards a button is...
I agree. I think that motion-sensitivity is a really interesting choice, because now game design will in large measure depend upon human ergonomics. I've...
The motion capture in a game made by Nintendo is excellent. But the menu itself needs a to precise control with a device that isn't really made for point and...
I think the onscreen keyboard interface (i.e. when using the web browser) suffers some ergonomic problems as well. I find that the hand motion required to...
I couldn't agree more. What do you think of the ease of use of the guitars from rockband and guitarhero? In my opinion the gituars are a bit to small, and...