THE VIDEO SHELF · game literacy and ux
What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games
Razbuten has his wife, who has never played games, try a sampling of titles and shows where she struggles. It highlights unspoken game conventions that experienced players take for granted.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it to illustrate learned literacy in game and software UX, and how unfamiliar conventions confuse newcomers.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Razbuten
- Topic
- game literacy and ux
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I really recommend clicking through and watching the referenced embedded video that forms the basis for this article. It's very well done and much more substantive than this summary. [VIDEO]
gundmc on Hacker News · 2020-04
In An analysis of unclear lessons in video games (2019)This guy[1] put his non game playing wife in front of a bunch of games, one of them being SMB. He noted that she never learned how to sprint, and that the game doesn't tell you how to do it either. If you can't figure …
vinkelhake on Hacker News · 2021-06
In The UX of video game tutorialsI don't know man, I downloaded Cup Head because it looked cute and it has been kicking my ass since like a month. I know it is one of those notoriously hard games but I think the point stands. I think games have moved away …
newswasboring on Hacker News · 2022-06
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