Gamer Protagonist Books | Summaries & Audio

Don't Read the Comments

by Eric Smith • 2020

Her secret gaming streams support her family, but when trolls dox her, the fight moves offline.

3.80

4k+

🎮 Gaming Fiction 👩‍💻 Girl Gamer 📱 Internet Fame

Don't Read the Comments 87%

Her secret gaming streams support her family, but when trolls dox her, the fight moves offline.

by Eric Smith 2020

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎮 Gaming Fiction 👩‍💻 Girl Gamer 📱 Internet Fame

Lost in a Good Game

by Pete Etchells • 2019

The research that clears video games of harm, and the surprising ways they improve our lives.

3.72

752

🎮 Video Game Psychology ⏳ Screen Time Research 🌐 Digital Culture

Lost in a Good Game 87%

The research that clears video games of harm, and the surprising ways they improve our lives.

by Pete Etchells 2019

3.72

752 ratings

🎮 Video Game Psychology ⏳ Screen Time Research 🌐 Digital Culture

Warcross

by Marie Lu • 2017

She hacks into a global VR tournament; the creator drafts her to catch a hidden rival.

4.12

123k+

🎮 Virtual Reality Gaming 🏆 Game Competition 💻 Hacker Protagonist

Warcross 87%

She hacks into a global VR tournament; the creator drafts her to catch a hidden rival.

by Marie Lu 2017

4.12

123k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Gaming 🏆 Game Competition 💻 Hacker Protagonist

Masters of Doom

by David Kushner • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

4.30

20k+

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups

Masters of Doom 86%

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

by David Kushner 2003

4.30

20k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups

Console Wars

by Blake J. Harris • 2014

A toy exec and a blue hedgehog briefly unseated Nintendo. The real fight was inside the company.

3.97

12k+

🎮 Video Game Industry ⚔️ Business Rivalries 🥊 Corporate Infighting

Console Wars 86%

A toy exec and a blue hedgehog briefly unseated Nintendo. The real fight was inside the company.

by Blake J. Harris 2014

3.97

12k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry ⚔️ Business Rivalries 🥊 Corporate Infighting

This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020

by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner • 2020

Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.

4.10

158

🎮 Esports Industry 🕹️ Gaming Culture 🔧 Modding Communities

This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020 Summary

This is esports (and How to Spell it) – LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK AWARD 2020 86%

Esports started in 1980, runs on modder-built games, and won't push pros out at 25.

by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner 2020

4.10

158 ratings

🎮 Esports Industry 🕹️ Gaming Culture 🔧 Modding Communities

Press Reset

by Jason Schreier • 2021

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

4.05

8k+

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture

Press Reset 86%

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

by Jason Schreier 2021

4.05

8k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture

Ready Player Two

by Ernest Cline • 2020

A rogue AI traps millions in virtual reality, demanding a deadly treasure hunt for their freedom.

3.44

188k+

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Pop Culture 🧠 Digital Consciousness

Ready Player Two 86%

A rogue AI traps millions in virtual reality, demanding a deadly treasure hunt for their freedom.

by Ernest Cline 2020

3.44

188k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Pop Culture 🧠 Digital Consciousness

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky

by Joseph Evans • 2011

A boy discovers a virtual game, a girl with no memory, and a destiny already fulfilled.

3.83

2k+

🎮 Virtual Gaming World 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🌟 Chosen One Prophecy

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky Summary

Seckry Sevenstars and the City of the Falling Sky 86%

A boy discovers a virtual game, a girl with no memory, and a destiny already fulfilled.

by Joseph Evans 2011

3.83

2k+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Gaming World 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🌟 Chosen One Prophecy

Getting Gamers

by Jamie Madigan • 2015

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

4.01

489

🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Getting Gamers 86%

The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.

by Jamie Madigan 2015

4.01

489 ratings

🎮 Gaming Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

by Jason Schreier • 2017

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

4.20

25k+

🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels 86%

Behind the scenes of Destiny, Diablo, and Stardew Valley: chaos, crunch, and last-minute saves.

by Jason Schreier 2017

4.20

25k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Development 🎬 Behind The Scenes 📰 Tech Journalism

Armada

by Ernest Cline • 2015

A restless teen gamer discovers his favorite game was training him for a real alien invasion.

3.56

129k+

🎮 Video Game Warfare 🛸 Alien Invasion 🌌 Cosmic Test

Armada 86%

A restless teen gamer discovers his favorite game was training him for a real alien invasion.

by Ernest Cline 2015

3.56

129k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Warfare 🛸 Alien Invasion 🌌 Cosmic Test

One Up

by Joost van Dreunen • 2020

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

4.13

213

🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption

One Up 85%

Three transformations in four decades, and each one rewarded strategy over creative genius.

by Joost van Dreunen 2020

4.13

213 ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry 🏗️ Platform Economics 📡 Digital Disruption

Minecraft

by Max Brooks • 2017

A castaway with no memory battles monsters and mines the secrets of a block-shaped island.

4.17

8k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In ⛏️ Survival Crafting 🔲 Block World

Minecraft 85%

A castaway with no memory battles monsters and mines the secrets of a block-shaped island.

by Max Brooks 2017

4.17

8k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In ⛏️ Survival Crafting 🔲 Block World

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline • 2011

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

4.22

1.3M+

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers

Ready Player One 85%

A slum teen cracks a dead genius's online treasure hunt. The corporation hunting him turns lethal.

by Ernest Cline 2011

4.22

1.3M+ ratings

🎮 Virtual Reality Quest 📼 1980s Nostalgia 💕 Rivals To Lovers

Glued to Games

by Scott Rigby • 2011

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

4.00

111

🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation

Glued to Games 85%

Games grip you longer than movies because they feed deep needs that daily life starves.

by Scott Rigby 2011

4.00

111 ratings

🎮 Video Game Psychology 🕹️ Game Design Theory 🧠 Player Motivation

Super Gene

by Twelve-Winged Dark Seraphim • 2017

An outcast hunter hides a crystal that fast-forwards evolution, but exposure would destroy him.

4.18

358

📈 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg 👹 Monster Hunting

Super Gene 85%

An outcast hunter hides a crystal that fast-forwards evolution, but exposure would destroy him.

by Twelve-Winged Dark Seraphim 2017

4.18

358 ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg 👹 Monster Hunting

Solo leveling - light Novel

by Chugong

A struggling E-rank hunter unlocks a video game system that lets him level up without limit.

4.39

9k+

🎮 Game-Lit Progression 🇰🇷 Korean Urban Fantasy 🕳️ Dungeon Diving

Solo leveling - light Novel 85%

A struggling E-rank hunter unlocks a video game system that lets him level up without limit.

by Chugong

4.39

9k+ ratings

🎮 Game-Lit Progression 🇰🇷 Korean Urban Fantasy 🕳️ Dungeon Diving

A Theory Of Fun For Game Design

by Ralph Koster • 2004

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

3.90

3k+

🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games

A Theory Of Fun For Game Design 85%

Games tap into your brain's learning circuits. The rush of fun is the moment something clicks.

by Ralph Koster 2004

3.90

3k+ ratings

🎮 Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Learning Through Games

Precipice

by Travis Bagwell • 2017

A game AI brands a bullied teen its villain; he raises an undead empire and finds purpose.

4.42

11k+

🎮 Litrpg 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💀 Necromancy

Precipice 85%

A game AI brands a bullied teen its villain; he raises an undead empire and finds purpose.

by Travis Bagwell 2017

4.42

11k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🦹 Villain Protagonist 💀 Necromancy

Level Up!

by Scott Rogers • 2010

The game design manual that puts controls, camera, and characters first, then shows you the rest.

4.09

1k+

🎮 Video Game Development 🛠️ Practical Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics

Level Up! 85%

The game design manual that puts controls, camera, and characters first, then shows you the rest.

by Scott Rogers 2010

4.09

1k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Development 🛠️ Practical Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics

Catharsis

by Travis Bagwell • 2016

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

4.37

17k+

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist

Catharsis 85%

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

by Travis Bagwell 2016

4.37

17k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

by Ao Jyumonji • 2013

Haruhiro's cautious party joins reckless rivals in a twilight realm where magic fails.

4.17

2k+

🌀 Isekai 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🤝 Found Family

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 85%

Haruhiro's cautious party joins reckless rivals in a twilight realm where magic fails.

by Ao Jyumonji 2013

4.17

2k+ ratings

🌀 Isekai 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🤝 Found Family

Gamification by Design

by Gabe Zichermann • 2011

Why most badges fail: the motivation design that turns app users into players.

3.65

490

🎮 Gamification ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧠 Player Motivation

Gamification by Design 85%

Why most badges fail: the motivation design that turns app users into players.

by Gabe Zichermann 2011

3.65

490 ratings

🎮 Gamification ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧠 Player Motivation

Naruto, Vol. 03

by Masashi Kishimoto • 2000

A forest exam becomes a hunt when a rogue ninja marks Sasuke with a consuming curse.

4.44

22k+

🏟️ Battle Tournament 🥷 Ninja Fantasy 💀 Cursed Transformation

Naruto, Vol. 03 85%

A forest exam becomes a hunt when a rogue ninja marks Sasuke with a consuming curse.

by Masashi Kishimoto 2000

4.44

22k+ ratings

🏟️ Battle Tournament 🥷 Ninja Fantasy 💀 Cursed Transformation

Moral Combat

by Patrick M. Markey • 2017

Crime fell as gaming rose. The evidence never held, and the outrage is a recycled panic.

4.18

173

😱 Media Moral Panics 🎮 Video Game Studies 🔫 Violence And Media

Moral Combat 85%

Crime fell as gaming rose. The evidence never held, and the outrage is a recycled panic.

by Patrick M. Markey 2017

4.18

173 ratings

😱 Media Moral Panics 🎮 Video Game Studies 🔫 Violence And Media

Video Game Storytelling

by Evan Skolnick • 2014

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

3.99

503

🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure

Video Game Storytelling 85%

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

by Evan Skolnick 2014

3.99

503 ratings

🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure

Designing Games

by Tynan Sylvester • 2013

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

4.47

517

🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design

Designing Games 85%

Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.

by Tynan Sylvester 2013

4.47

517 ratings

🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design

The Gate of the Feral Gods

by Matt Dinniman • 2021

Four castles, fifteen days, a flying gnome fortress: the fifth floor wants Carl dead.

4.55

135k+

🎲 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🤪 Absurdist Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat

The Gate of the Feral Gods 85%

Four castles, fifteen days, a flying gnome fortress: the fifth floor wants Carl dead.

by Matt Dinniman 2021

4.55

135k+ ratings

🎲 Litrpg Dungeon Crawl 🤪 Absurdist Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat

Solo Leveling, Vol. 3

by Chugong • 2021

To wake his comatose mother, a shadow-wielding hunter must conquer a hundred-floor demon castle.

4.50

5k+

📈 Weak To Strong 💀 Necromancer Protagonist ⚡ Overpowered Hero

Solo Leveling, Vol. 3 85%

To wake his comatose mother, a shadow-wielding hunter must conquer a hundred-floor demon castle.

by Chugong 2021

4.50

5k+ ratings

📈 Weak To Strong 💀 Necromancer Protagonist ⚡ Overpowered Hero

A Game Design Vocabulary

by Anna Anthropy • 2013

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

3.94

134

📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems

A Game Design Vocabulary 85%

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

by Anna Anthropy 2013

3.94

134 ratings

📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems

The Butcher's Masquerade

by Matt Dinniman • 2022

Carl and his cat are prey on the dungeon's hunting ground. He's hunting back.

4.69

117k+

🎮 Litrpg 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat

The Butcher's Masquerade 85%

Carl and his cat are prey on the dungeon's hunting ground. He's hunting back.

by Matt Dinniman 2022

4.69

117k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🕳️ Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat

Noche de caballeros

by Alexene Farol Follmuth • 2024

A sidelined football star bonds with his gaming rival online, unaware she's the girl he can't stand.

3.80

11k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎮 Gamer Girl Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Identity Romance

Noche de caballeros 85%

A sidelined football star bonds with his gaming rival online, unaware she's the girl he can't stand.

by Alexene Farol Follmuth 2024

3.80

11k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎮 Gamer Girl Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Identity Romance

Persuasive Games

by Ian Bogost • 2007

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

3.84

360

🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory

Persuasive Games 85%

A videogame's rules are arguments. Learning to read them changes how you see every screen.

by Ian Bogost 2007

3.84

360 ratings

🎮 Game Studies 📺 Media Theory 📜 Rhetorical Theory

Solo leveling - light Novel 2

by Chugong

An E-rank hunter's game-like leveling turns him into a rising threat that guilds and monsters covet.

4.51

6k+

🎮 LitRPG 💀 Necromancer 👥 Shadow Army

Solo leveling - light Novel 2 85%

An E-rank hunter's game-like leveling turns him into a rising threat that guilds and monsters covet.

by Chugong

4.51

6k+ ratings

🎮 LitRPG 💀 Necromancer 👥 Shadow Army

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1

by Fuse • 2015

Died a salaryman, reborn a slime. His one skill: absorb anything and make it his own.

4.26

5k+

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📈 Zero To Hero 🐺 Monster Allies

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1 Summary

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1 85%

Died a salaryman, reborn a slime. His one skill: absorb anything and make it his own.

by Fuse 2015

4.26

5k+ ratings

🚪 Isekai Fantasy 📈 Zero To Hero 🐺 Monster Allies

The Primal Hunter 2

by Zogarth • 2022

A lone archer must hunt four great beasts and an immortal king to escape a deadly tutorial.

4.47

15k+

🔢 Litrpg Progression 💥 System Apocalypse 🏹 Solitary Protagonist

The Primal Hunter 2 85%

A lone archer must hunt four great beasts and an immortal king to escape a deadly tutorial.

by Zogarth 2022

4.47

15k+ ratings

🔢 Litrpg Progression 💥 System Apocalypse 🏹 Solitary Protagonist

Reality Is Broken

by Jane McGonigal • 2010

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

3.79

8k+

🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology

Reality Is Broken 84%

Games satisfy us more than reality does. That gap is a blueprint for a better world.

by Jane McGonigal 2010

3.79

8k+ ratings

🎮 Game Design 🕹️ Gamification 🌞 Positive Psychology

Transcendence

by TurtleMe • 2019

A reincarnated mage uncovers betrayal and faces an enemy's offer: abandon the war, save his family.

4.43

6k+

🔄 Reincarnation Fantasy ⚡ Progression Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Bond

Transcendence 84%

A reincarnated mage uncovers betrayal and faces an enemy's offer: abandon the war, save his family.

by TurtleMe 2019

4.43

6k+ ratings

🔄 Reincarnation Fantasy ⚡ Progression Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Bond

Ascension

by TurtleMe • 2021

A broken hero and his shadow companion conquer a living dungeon to challenge the gods.

4.59

5k+

🎯 Progression Fantasy 🏯 Dungeon Crawling 📈 Zero To Hero

Ascension 84%

A broken hero and his shadow companion conquer a living dungeon to challenge the gods.

by TurtleMe 2021

4.59

5k+ ratings

🎯 Progression Fantasy 🏯 Dungeon Crawling 📈 Zero To Hero

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon • 2021

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

4.36

42k+

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

He Who Fights with Monsters 84%

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

by Shirtaloon 2021

4.36

42k+ ratings

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Art of Game Design

by Jesse Schell • 2008

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

4.39

3k+

🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design

The Art of Game Design 84%

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

by Jesse Schell 2008

4.39

3k+ ratings

🎮 Game Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🔄 Iterative Design

Silent Hill

by Bernard Perron • 2006

Fog, radio static, broken controls: Silent Hill made your own mind the real horror.

3.65

253

🎮 Survival Horror Games 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Psychological Horror

Silent Hill 84%

Fog, radio static, broken controls: Silent Hill made your own mind the real horror.

by Bernard Perron 2006

3.65

253 ratings

🎮 Survival Horror Games 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Psychological Horror

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Walking in Two Worlds 84%

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Solo Leveling, Vol. 5

by Chugong • 2022

Giants demolish Tokyo, and the only hunter strong enough to stop them is busy becoming a king.

4.53

5k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 💀 Necro-Summoner Fantasy 👑 Overpowered Protagonist

Solo Leveling, Vol. 5 84%

Giants demolish Tokyo, and the only hunter strong enough to stop them is busy becoming a king.

by Chugong 2022

4.53

5k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 💀 Necro-Summoner Fantasy 👑 Overpowered Protagonist

Defiance of the Fall 11

by TheFirstDefier • 2023

A cultivator fights through a dying realm to claim a cosmic inheritance before his enemies.

4.51

6k+

🗡️ Cultivation Fantasy 📈 Progression Fantasy 💪 Overpowered Protagonist

Defiance of the Fall 11 84%

A cultivator fights through a dying realm to claim a cosmic inheritance before his enemies.

by TheFirstDefier 2023

4.51

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Cultivation Fantasy 📈 Progression Fantasy 💪 Overpowered Protagonist

Unboxed

by Gordon Calleja • 2022

Board games succeed or fail on six forms of involvement. Most designers only account for one.

3.46

🎲 Board Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Play Theory

Unboxed 84%

Board games succeed or fail on six forms of involvement. Most designers only account for one.

by Gordon Calleja 2022

3.46

13 ratings

🎲 Board Game Design 📚 Game Studies 🧠 Play Theory

Cul-de-sac Carnage

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

4.45

2k+

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

Cul-de-sac Carnage 84%

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.45

2k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy

My Necromancer Class

by Aero Revian • 2022

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

4.38

296

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions

My Necromancer Class 84%

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

by Aero Revian 2022

4.38

296 ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions

The Gamer's Brain

by Celia Hodent • 2017

Your player's brain is a flawed, distracted survival machine. Good UX starts there.

4.29

231

🎮 Game Ux 🧠 Player Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Load

The Gamer's Brain 84%

Your player's brain is a flawed, distracted survival machine. Good UX starts there.

by Celia Hodent 2017

4.29

231 ratings

🎮 Game Ux 🧠 Player Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Load

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