Media: Good Experience embraces Games

"Why I Play Computer Games" by Mark Hurst of Creative Good is an autobiographical piece that relates his love of games from an early age to his increasing interest in experience design.

The article suggests that gaming is educational: 'Playing a thousand computer games, if nothing else, gives you an innate sense of user interface design. The games require engaging with some interface, which creates some experience. And that's how I spent much of my childhood: on Apples, PCs, and mainframes; in arcades, on couches, and at computer desks; with joysticks, steering wheels, and trackballs; for quarters, tokens, or free; and just before college, via a modem in BBSes on a very young Internet.'

There are even key texts: 'like Shakespeare or Homer for literature fans, classic computer games like Nethack and Netrek still have lessons to teach.'

And if you are keen for an excuse to stop work and start play, Hurst has just launched a new site called "Good Experience Games", which lists some of the best free online games that he has come across recently.

His column also includes some techhead games references, but more importantly the link to the new games site can be followed from the link below.

And he closes by saying: "If you know of a game that fits these criteria that's not on the list, feel free to let me know about it."

Associated Link: Good Experience: Why I Play Computer Games

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