Are you a UX/Product/Tech Designer? Do you play games? If not, here are 10 good reasons why you oughta. If you do, share this with your non-playing friends! Read more : www.doriadar.com

1. 10 Reasons
Why Every
UX/Product/Designer
Must Play Games

2. Video game makers have invented
interactive design as we know it.

3. And 1/7 of the world’s population
are enjoying their work.
Source: VentureBeat

4. Still, many tech professionals
do not (yet) play games.

5. So in case you are waiting for a good reason
to start… Here’s 10:

6. 143 Years Experience in
Making Interactive
Products

7. There is a lot to learn
from the ways games have evolved.

8. 2Gamers Are The Majority

9. 59% of Americans play games, 48% are women.
The AVG. age is 36+. Time to catch up!
Source: Statista.com

10. 3Games Are
Kings of Engagement

11. Humanity spends 3 billion hours a week
playing games!
Source: VentureBeat

12. 4Games Do Amazing Things
With Interfaces
Game: The Division (Ubisoft)

13. In case you need some
UI inspiration.

14. 5Gamification Is Everywhere

15. Seriously, I can’t even think of a software product
with no gamification elements.

16. 6Games Design Users’
Behavior

17. From social psychology to behavioral economics:
It’s all there. And YOU WILL use it in your projects.

18. 7Casual Games

19. No need to invest hours.
15 minutes a day will set you straight! (at start)

20. 8Games Are A Powerful
Education Tool

21. In MinecraftEDU kids learn about probabilities,
perimeters and foreign languages. And they love it!

22. 9Everything in the future
online is going to look like a
multiplayer game
- Eric Schmidt

23. That’s Google’s former CEO. Take his word for it,
and it is already happening.

24. 10
Because It’s
Goddamn FUN!

25. And it is your chance to play at work
for the sake of research.

26. www.DoriAdar.com
now go play something