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Enduring Play Game Dev Podcast Ends Season With Behind-the-Scenes Look at Development on Backyard Baseball
Enduring Play Season 2 Episode 11 Cover Art with Lindsay Barnett and James Deighan Cheryl Platz, the host of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast Cheryl Platz, Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming Jury Member 2026 Author, game dev, and host Cheryl Platz goes behind the scenes with Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett and Mega Cat Studios James Deighan We really believe that we're working on a project that can change the landscape for children's and family entertainment.” — Lindsay...
Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast launches Season 2 on March 3, 2025 with a powerful lineup of community leaders
Joanie Kraut, CEO of Women in Games International, is the guest for Season 2 Episode 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast which launches on March 3, 2026 Cheryl Platz, the host of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast Cheryl Platz, the author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, is launching her book tour on August 27 in Seattle, WA.
Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz launches academic book tour in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz launches academic book tour in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Cheryl Platz, author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, speaks during her book tour at Design Matters Tokyo 2025 The cover for The Game Development Strategy Guide" by Cheryl Platz.
The Game Development Strategy Guide celebrated by early reviewers; selected by Kirkus Reviews for an indie spotlight
The Game Development Strategy Guide celebrated by early reviewers; selected by Kirkus Reviews for an indie spotlight The cover for The Game Development Strategy Guide" by Cheryl Platz. Releasing from Rosenfeld Media on September 16, 2025. Cheryl Platz is the author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, which has been selected by Kirkus Reviews for print review publication in the October 15, 2025 edition.
Author Cheryl Platz launches book tour for The Game Development Strategy Guide at Seattle Indies SLICE on August 27
Author Cheryl Platz launches book tour for The Game Development Strategy Guide at Seattle Indies SLICE on August 27 Cheryl Platz is a featured speaker at SLICE, the Seattle Loves Indie Creators Expo at McCaw Hall on August 27. The cover for The Game Development Strategy Guide" by Cheryl Platz. Releasing from Rosenfeld Media on September 16, 2025. Cheryl Platz, the author of The Game Development Strategy Guide, is launching her book tour on August 27 in Seattle, WA.
New Game Development Podcast: 'Enduring Play' Explores Thriving Games and Studios With Industry Veterans
New Game Development Podcast: 'Enduring Play' Explores Thriving Games and Studios With Industry Veterans Cheryl Platz, the host of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast Season 1 Episode 1: Using UX Strategy to Put Players First with Celia Hodent, PhD Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast Hosted by Cheryl Platz Level up your game development career at any stage of the game with 10 candid interviews that explore the best and the worst of modern video game development.
Breaking In to a Game Industry in Crisis
The worst gaming job market in recent memory doesn’t cure the heart of its big career dreams. How can you safely channel that energy? Cheryl Platz · Follow 12 min read · -- Let’s be clear: it’s not a great time to break into gaming. But you clicked on this article because you’re still curious. I’ll do my best to give you some constructive advice on how to cope with that curiosity in these conditions.
IWD 2024: On Goalposts, Interviews, and the Illusion of Allyship
On International Women’s Day, it’s time to acknowledge the continued difference between appearances and reality in the workplace — and what we can continue to do to pursue inclusive spaces. Every year, we hit March — Women’s History Month — and we see a ton of corporate “celebrations” of women.
Lifting UX Design from the doldrums: four key craft improvements for your teams
Rather than placing the blame on Figma, or other disciplines, how might we look at current conditions and adapt? Do you and your design team feel like your product org doesn’t appreciate your potential impact on your shared work? Don’t give up hope, but don’t kick off your next “value of design” roadshow just yet. I’m here to tell you that while things feel dire, it’s not actually about telling folks the value of design — it’s about showing the value of design via self-directed changes in our work.
#TheUnlock at Riot Games
Have you ever struggled with getting a group of cross-disciplinary folks to agree on a shared vision? We feel you. In 2022, our team had to find a way to get over 300 people across multiple disciplines, game teams, countries, and even companies to work towards a single vision - quickly.
From Passengers to Pawns
On July 14, 2023, Delta Air Lines broke the law at least twice when handling DL 652, originally scheduled to depart from Orlando at 4:20 PM, destined for LAX. We as passengers were subjected to four tarmac holds, two of which violated this Department of Transportation rule: Violations of these regulations carry a fine of up to $27,500 per passenger, per occurrence. This happened TWICE in one night, in two different cities.
An Intro to AI for the Rest of Us
Struggling to make sense of the world post-ChatGPT? So are the rest of us. Let's explore the basics of artificial intelligence in a more humane way. Are you feeling overwhelmed, swept away, or inundated by the volume of news around artificial intelligence in the last 9 months? Have you felt concerned, frightened, or just confused? You're not alone.
Is This the End of Twitter?
Why the social media platform’s latest blunder may spell its demise. It’s no secret that Twitter has been in decline for months. The will-he-won’t-he-destroy-the-network drama has spawned an entire ecosystem of wobbly social media upstarts trying to fill in the vacuum left behind. And even still, Twitter soldiered on. I found it difficult to quit entirely, because there were still valuable and important conversations and voices there I couldn’t get anywhere else. But this week was different.
Is This the End of Twitter?
Why the social media platform’s latest blunder may spell its demise. It’s no secret that Twitter has been in decline for months. The will-he-won’t-he-destroy-the-network drama has spawned an entire ecosystem of wobbly social media upstarts trying to fill in the vacuum left behind. And even still, Twitter soldiered on. I found it difficult to quit entirely, because there were still valuable and important conversations and voices there I couldn’t get anywhere else. But this week was different.
Fail Limit Exceeded
Why Twitter's latest "rate limit" blunder may be their white whale It's no secret that Twitter has been in decline for months. The will-he-won't-he-destroy-the-network drama has spawned an entire ecosystem of wobbly social media upstarts trying to fill in the vacuum left behind. And even still, Twitter soldiered on. I found it difficult to quit entirely, because there were still valuable and important conversations and voices there I couldn't get anywhere else.
The UX Behind #TheUnlock at Riot Games: Part 1
On June 13, 2022, Microsoft and Riot Games announced a groundbreaking new partnership - Riot would be bringing our free-to-play games to Xbox Game Pass members. Not as a perk, but as a membership benefit providing extensive content access across all of our titles.
The Twitter migration: flying away from the wizard
Feeling lost, sad, or angry after looking behind the Twitter curtain? Are you frustrated at the technical barriers around you? It’s not just you. It turns out the man behind the Twitter curtain isn’t the wizard he was cracked up to be. We all thought we had more time — but that sums up humans, doesn’t it? Many feared the leadership changes at Twitter might lead to drastic changes, but the speed at which things have fallen apart this November has caught us all off guard.
Flying away from the Wizard
Feeling lost, sad, or angry after looking behind the Twitter curtain? Are you frustrated at the technical barriers around you? It's not just you. It turns out the man behind the Twitter curtain isn't the wizard he was cracked up to be. We all thought we had more time - but that sums up humans, doesn't it? Many feared the leadership changes at Twitter might lead to drastic changes, but the speed at which things have fallen apart this November have...
e179. ImproveReality? — The VoxPopcast
Comedy Internet Podcasts Theatre Video Games Several weeks ago, we did a show on how stand-up comedy works in the middle of a pandemic. We talked about the transition that comedians went through to move a traditionally “in-person” art form to an entirely virtual environment. But what about other art forms? Lots of performances that at least seem to “require” a physical presence of some kind. What happens if you rethink that from the ground up?
Design Beyond Devices
by Cheryl Platz 392 pages, paperback, $49.99 Published by Rosenfeld Media rosenfeldmedia.com What does human-centered design really mean? In Design Beyond Devices, author Cheryl Platz applies a systems approach to answering that question. As we evolve from desktop-bound experiences to device-agnostic interaction, a perfect storm of powerful sensors, enhanced by networked AI technologies, has utterly changed the way we interact with devices.
Conversations with Things
Testimonials Deibel and Evanhoe lay out best practices for conversation design using practical, actionable examples, and do it in such a way that it’s a delight to read. —Cathy Pearl, author of Designing Voice User Interfaces As conversational interfaces continue to become a part of our daily lives, more and more of the UX community are faced with the challenge of designing conversations. Thankfully, they now have this book to help them run a successful design process.
Design Beyond Devices
February 22, 2021 This is an excerpt from Chapter 9 of Design Beyond Devices: Creating Multimodal, Cross-Device Experiences, by Cheryl Platz. 2020 Rosenfeld Media. Chapter 9: Lost in Transition One constant in truly multimodal systems is change. When you could assume a customer would remain in the same context for the duration of an interaction, the only change that designers had to consider was the change in the customer state enabled by the user interface (UI). Don’t want a change?
Apple HomePod Mini gets HomeKit Bluetooth within your reach - and your budget
The Bluetooth Conundrum Bluetooth low energy (BLE) smart home devices can make outfitting your smart home easier. BLE is low power, so a small battery can power wireless motion detectors, door or window sensors, water leak detectors, temperature probes, air quality monitors, physical buttons or dimmers, and many other convenient devices for a long time.
Design Beyond Devices
Testimonials The future is multimodal because we are multimodal. Here is an essential guide to unleashing the potential within that symmetry. —Bill Buxton, Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research and author of Sketching User Experiences This book harnesses our very selfish desire to make cool things into the ability to benefit clients, stakeholders, customers, and society itself. Chock-full of insightful conceptual models and practical applications, designers will be both inspired and prepared.
Pretty Please, Alexa
During my time at Amazon on the Alexa voice design team, we monitored the internal Alexa enthusiasts alias. About once a month, a newcomer to the list would resurrect an evergreen request: “My kids are rude to Alexa. She should only respond if you say please!” That request, of course, isn’t specific to Amazon employees.
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