Elisabeth Whyte, PhD. Senior User Researcher. Opinions are my own. Lissanna on Bsky is more active than here.
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Tickets are now on sale for the #GamesUR Conference 2026, which is the annual gathering of the Games User Research Community. The conference will be held in Helsinki on October 22–23, 2026. We hope to see you in October!
eventbrite.fi/e/gamesur-conf…
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⏰ ONE WEEK TO GO! ⏰#GamesUR 2026 starts Oct 22–23 in Helsinki (+ Online)! 🎮✨
Check out our full talk agenda, featuring sessions on AI pipelines, risk management, & UX strategy:
🔗 gamesur.com/conference/games…
🎟️ Tickets still available: eventbrite.fi/e/gamesur-conf…
Using my free time to do some cool things!
Excited to make my next announcement about an upcoming guest who will be appearing on The Unsyted Radio!
On October 26, I will be sitting down with the great and powerful @restokin.
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⏰ TWO WEEKS TO GO! ⏰
#GamesUR 2026 starts Oct 22–23 in Helsinki (+ Online)! 🎮✨
Check out our complete schedule of talks, speakers, and topics:
🔗 gamesur.com/conference/games…
Ticket details below 👇
🔗 gamesur.com/conference/games…
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PGC Nordics ends October 21. The @GamesUR Conference starts in the same city the next morning.
Two days dedicated to games user research:
testing methods, analytics, navigating layoffs in the industry, and where AI fits into research workflows.
➡️ eventbrite.fi/e/gamesur-conf…
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To give an idea:
Compared to previous games where I've needed constant help, even though I wasn't able to finish the whole campaign or anything, with very minimal assistance to pass blockers, I was playing massive sections on my own, including a large chunk of Act 3! Progress!
Thanks to a free review code, I've been playing #GearsOfWar E-Day campaign early!
Though I had #accessibility issues and needed some assistance, I have high hopes for the future of this game.
Read my impressions so far!
sightlesskombat.com/gears-of…
@Xbox @AaronGreenberg @GearsOfWar
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“Gears of War E-Day is the most accessible game in the Gears Franchise...It is one of the most accessible games in the industry.
It's also so much damn fun.” 🙏🏻💚⚙️
Gears of War E-Day is the most accessible game in the Gears Franchise.
It is one of the most accessible games Xbox has made.
It is one of the most accessible games in the industry.
It's also so much damn fun.
Nice.
youtu.be/Bc0CVCrGM5s
ALT Thumbnail showing Marcus and Dom from Gears of War E-Day holding up their modified weapons while red fire burns behind them with a monster looming in the background. There's a photo of me holding shouting and holding up my fist. Text reads: Gears of War E-Day Review.
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"This is finally the Gears game disabled players have been waiting 20 years for"
❤️
Gears of War E-Day is the most accessible game in the Gears Franchise.
It is one of the most accessible games Xbox has made.
It is one of the most accessible games in the industry.
It's also so much damn fun.
Nice.
youtu.be/Bc0CVCrGM5s
ALT Thumbnail showing Marcus and Dom from Gears of War E-Day holding up their modified weapons while red fire burns behind them with a monster looming in the background. There's a photo of me holding shouting and holding up my fist. Text reads: Gears of War E-Day Review.
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That was a close one. We can now confidently announce that your final contenders are:
Bear 910
Bear 89 Backpack
See you tomorrow for the Fat Bear Tuesday final!
After Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics, join @GamesUR at the #GamesUR Conference on October 22 & 23 in Helsinki!
Grow downloads without a bigger budget.
Get investors to say yes.
Find out where AI actually helps, not the hype version.
That's one day of #PGCNordics 2026, Helsinki, Oct 20-21.
Full schedule: pgconnects.com/nordics/sched…
If you can't attend in-person, our rallies to save game workers will also be streamed on twitch: twitch.tv/uvw_cwa
On Tuesday, Aug 18, we're holding rallies across the US and Canada to call out layoffs and corporate greed in the gaming industry, and to demand fair first contracts across Microsoft’s gaming studios.
Find an event near you: CWA.org/SaveOurDevsRally
ALT A graphic of fists. One is holding a game controller. Text on the graphic says "Save Our Devs. August 18. Rallies across US & Canada."
Do bad? Layoffs
Do so good your company yet again has record breaking profits? Surprisingly also layoffs.
I often joke that my job was repeatedly asking game teams to make their text size bigger. Text size/contrast is something people rarely praise if you get it right. It will however negatively impact their play experience if you get it wrong.
Beast Of Reincarnation's Text Is Impossible To Read kotaku.com/text-small-beast-…
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As Disability Pride Month draws to a close, Marijn shares their appreciation for the accessibility community in and around the game industry, continuing to make accessibility happen in difficult times.
We should be proud of ourselves and each other.
caniplaythat.com/2026/07/30/…
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– at Arlington, VA
ALT a widely-known meme comic of a dog wanting a ball to be thrown without giving it up, but it's edited to read: "hit videogame? no studios! only hit video game"
