Using genres to customize usability evaluations of video games

ACM Future Play 2008 International Academic Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology, Future Play: Research, Play, Share

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 129-136

  Pinelle, David ^a   Wong, Nelson ^b   Stach, Tadeusz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game genres; Heuristic evaluation; Usability evaluation; Video games

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL VIDEO; COMMON PROBLEMS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN ISSUES; DESIGN PROCESS; GAME GENRES; GAME INTERFACES; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; INTERACTION STYLES; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY PROBLEMS; VIDEO GAME; VIDEO GAMES;

DESIGN; HEURISTIC METHODS; USER INTERFACES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70349324242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1496984.1497006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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