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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Applied psychological researcher in games We're looking for experimental psychologists to work in Redmond, Washington at Microsoft's Playtest lab, an applied research lab that focuses on getting feedback from consumers about computer and console games and how to make them more fun. Microsoft is the 4th largest publisher of games for the PC, and is now beginning development on games for its upcoming (TV-based) console, the X-box. Essentially, we are dealing with the central question of what people find fun in games, for the purpose of making games more fun for more people. Job description: The primary day-to-day tasks of the Playtest specialist position is to meet with team members who are developing a game, determine what questions about their game they want to have answered by gamers, develop a test (predominantly questionnaire-based) to answer those questions. The specialist then oversees the running of the test, takes the raw data and writes a report that captures the important findings from that test. Required skills: Strong understanding of research methods with human participants is required, and familiarity with questionnaire research is preferred. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and argue for results based on data both in writing is and group presentations necessary. A BA/BS in Psychology (cognitive, experimental, or social) or HCI/HFE, or related field is required, and MA/MS or Ph.D. is preferred. General knowledge of popular computer and video games and game culture are required--you must be an avid gamer. You will be joining a team of 8 other psychologists (predominantly with post-graduate level training in social and cognitive psych) in the exciting and fast-growing field of interactive entertainment. If you are interested in applying for the Playtest specialist position, please email your resume to [log in to unmask] Thank you. Taryn Uyeda Business Group Recruiting Microsoft Corporation (425) 705-5945 [log in to unmask] http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/games.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%