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Behind the scenes look at “Playtesting” games

by Richard Pak on July 1, 2009 · 2 comments

in design,featured,technology,usability

Our friend Tim Nichols (of Microsoft Game Studio) was recently featured in a video explaining how games get tested for usability.  See the embedded video for a look behind the scenes:

Have you ever been playing a game and thought to yourself, “I just wish I could speak with the developers and let them know that this part of the game could be so much better!”? Well, now you can. Microsoft has launched PlayTest- where you can play games, give opinions and get free software. I stepped behind the scenes and behind the fake mirrored walls to show you the ins and out of life in the Playtest Labs.

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Jesse July 10, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Nice, Tim!

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