Celia Hodent

Day 2 of the GUR SIG 2026 Conference is done, we'll be sharing images from the presentations today. The live streams will become available (date tbd) so enjoy these hints for now! Nadezhda Ivanova of wargaming.com/en/ brought us Research That Does Not Stop at Delivery

If you’ve been to my game ux & cognitive science masterclass, you’ll recognize a few of these tricks 😉.

Day 1 of the GUR SIG 2026 Conference is done, we'll be sharing images from the presentations today and tomorrow. The live streams will become available (date tbd) so enjoy these hints for now! Start with Cracking the Beta Insight Code from Michael Cai of www.interpretllc.com

At GamesBeat Next next week, I’m focused on covering the people and stories that get overlooked by the mainstream industry — the indies. Special rates for indies are available while supplies last. Use my code GBNIndieStartUpFinal299 for a $299 ticket when registering. events.gamesbeat.com/next26/

But flying cars are cool… 🙄

Huge if true.

Holy shit Bioware… 😰

“He does not view the world as a collection of sovereign nations; he sees it instead as territories run by mob bosses.” Please vote, dear US friends. Extremely little of us will be safe in a world run by mob bosses… We must defend democracy.

Kia ora, my friends in Aotearoa! This piece is my love letter to the avifauna of Aotearoa and my expression of gratitude all of you whose efforts have preserved so many species that might otherwise have been lost. I hope you enjoy.

I’ve been extremely skeptical of Gen AI because it’s controlled by a a very few privileged people who steal from creators and experts to sell back to anyone. At one point, nobody will be able to sell anything as AI will rip off #gamedev & any software in hours. Grim. www.404media.co/video-game-r...

“A group of French scientists sees OpenAI unjustly claiming it has solved the mathematical Navier-Stokes problem and sounds the alarm. A handful of tech moguls are establishing a private monopoly over cognition and knowledge.” europeanreviewofbooks.com/the-spectacl...

i wrote this a couple months ago and its kinda wild how fast this sort of AI ripoff stuff is accelerating

As our masterclass day ends, the #GameUXsummit 10-year anniversary officially wrapped up! What a wonderful journey it has been and such a great way to celebrate the anniversary with the warmth of Malaysian hospitality (& food!!). Huge thanks to our sponsors, speakers, hosts, & volunteers. And YOU! ❤️

I’m proud to support @takethis.org and my friend @kindofstrange.com’s important work. #GameUXsummit #gamedev #mentalhealth

It’s going soooo fast!! So excited to have my friend Evva keynoting at the #GameUXsummit ☺️

I love PechaKuchas!! (20 slides x 20 seconds microtalks) #ux #gamedev #gameUXsummit

After a delicious lunch featuring Malaysian delicacies, we’re starting the Day 1 afternoon talks with Yi Wei P'ng, Founder & Director of Kurechii, presenting “When Better Isn’t Better: Five Postknight 2 Improvements That Backfired” #ux #gamedev #GameUXsummit #GUXS

Jami Lukins, UX director at Blizzard, gave us a talk about “Trust: The Foundation for Building UX Maturity” at the #GameUXsummit. #ux #gamedev

Noor Amin, neuroscientist & Sr Game Designer at Riot Games, was our first speaker of Day 1 at #GUXS. Her talk was about “Bringing Mayhem to ARAM: R&D Processes for Systems Designers”. #ux #gamedev #GameUXsummit

Let’s goooo! 🥳❤️ We’re kicking off our 10-year anniversary, w00t!! #ux #gamedev #gameUXsummit

Ian Plater kicking off the #GameUXsummit 26 in Kuala Lumpur!! ❤️🥳

For our 10-year anniversary we don’t have 2 keynote speakers, but 3! 3 people, living in 3 continents (America, Europe, Asia), having unique journeys in #gamedev & #ux that they will share with #GameUXsummit attendees. I hope that you’ll join us in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 12-13!! (link below)

Does anyone who was at the first @gameuxsummit.com in Durham 10 year ago have a funny or interesting anecdote that they want to share with me? Or at any Game UX summit actually. Opening the summit in less than 2 weeks and I wanna do a quick retrospective. Would love to share some of your memories 🥹

So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.

Happy #DollyDay y’all. Let’s spread the love 💕

I got the covid and flu vaccines a few days ago. If you can, get yours soon! Stay healthy and keep others safe 🤙🏼

In my happy place. #OhanaFest

What does he thinks “competence” even means? Because it’s sure as hell MUCH harder to do good in this world than evil. And you can’t even become a billionaire doing good, unlike evil, thus making it even easier to keep spreading crap rather than good deeds 🤷🏻‍♀️

Surprise and energetic @pearljam.com show tonight at #OhanaFest, on this harvest moon. Introducing Abe Laboriel Jr as the new drummer 🤟🏼. I hope that Glen Hansard watched from above and felt all the love. What a beautiful night. 🤙🏼

“Per Gibney, Musk declined to be interviewed for the film, so the director created an AI version of Musk uttering verbatim public quotes as a stand-in for a real interview. That, too, is likely to draw some controversy.” Er— yeah.. wth?

His work deeply impacted my childhood and thereafter. We need more Jim Hensons in this world.

It’s a mystery

The proposed EU KIDS Act would impose significant restrictions to common features in online games, such as login bonuses: here's what game developers need to know https://bit.ly/4AraVYS

Just catching up on the news and oh boy… what a disaster at Microsoft. Again. I feel so sorry for the teams decimated / swooshed around, and for everyone who’s going to be laid off. I hope that you can all land on your feet soon. Words don’t mean much but we are all with you. ❤️

Call for papers #ACM Games: Research & Practice special issue seeks empirical & practice-based research examining #gamedesign & #gamedev in practice, how games are actually made & what these practices reveal about games & those who make them. Deadline: Nov 15 More info: dl.acm.org/pb-assets/st...

I’ll be speaking at this! About the playtesting, accessibility and iteration on @denshattack.bsky.social 🚋🔎⭐️🛹

I can't believe the @gameuxsummit.com '26 is in 3 weeks already! For its 10-year anniversary (TEN years 👀 ), the summit comes to Asia for the first time 😍 (and gets an amazing re-branding by no other than Alex Townsend). This is such an incredible milestone 🧵 (1/6)

“It’s funny because it’s true”