Read – Book – Handmade Pixels: Independent Video Games and The Quest for Authenticity (Jesper Juul)
Notes from the Book List of interesting independent games: There is no accepted definition of ‘indie games’ but they tend…
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Read – Book – How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design (Katherine Ibister)
Notes from the Book Chapter 1: Building blocks of emotional design Chapter 2: Designing for multiplayer emotions Chapter 3: Using…
Reading – Music Therapy
Notes from preliminary research into music therapy Music therapy as dialogue between therapist and client To understand how music therapy…
Reading – Book – Introduction to Research Methods – Samih Salah
Reflections and Next Steps I have encountered much of the material in this book as part of my undergraduate and…
Reading – Book – The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (3rd Edition)
Chapter Notes In the Beginning, There is the Designer The Designer Creates an Experience The Experience Takes Place in a…
Read – Book – The Best Interface Is No Interface – Golden Krishna
Summary of the Chapters Screen Based Thinking Slap an Interface on It! UX ≠ UI Addiction UX Distraction Screen Insomnia…
Read – Article – Advanced internet of things for personalised healthcare systems: A survey
Reflection The paper is a few years old but they have a a section for future research and trends. There…
Read – Book – designing for interaction – Dan Saffer
Excerpts I found useful: From chapter 2 From chapter 3 I like this idea of the design process moving in…
Read – Article – Flesh and Metal: Reconfiguring the Mindbody in Virtual Environments
I really like the idea of thinking about the body as something that is an abstract concept that is culturally…
Read – Article – Relaxing Music Prevents Stress-Induced Increases in Subjective Anxiety, Systolic Blood Pressure, and Heart Rate in Healthy Males and Females
An interesting idea about the relationship between music and our physiology. It feels like an obvious thing to say that…