Here are some interesting videos about game testing at the user experience firm bolt|peters. The first is an overview of user testing games and the second video is some humorous test sessions of the game Spore. Really fascinating stuff. Note the extensive use of think aloud 
Science of Fun from bolt peters on Vimeo.
Spore Research: Outtakes from bolt peters on Vimeo.
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Rich! You stole my post.
I literally have a draft of this same post saved….
Good job!
Sorry, didn’t see your draft