8-bit Bear Consulting focuses on getting real data from real users. Our experience combined with formal training in user testing techniques, laboratory study and data analysis help to ensure that we provide you with data that is relevant and meaningful. To get you the information that your company needs, we offer the following services:
Published Papers and Presentations:
Designing Enjoyable Video Games: Do Heuristics Differentiate Bad from Good? (PDF)
Does Content Affect Whether Users Remember That Web Pages Were Hyperlinked? (PDF)
White Papers:
Usability Testing and Video Games: Designing for Fun (PDF)
Other Articles of Interest:
Better Games Through Usability Evaluation and Testing (TGS 2008, Laitinen) (PDF)
Understanding the Usability Construct: User-Perceived Usability (HFES, McGee et al.) (PDF)