Lissanna
@lissanna.bsky.social
Elisabeth Whyte, PhD. Senior User Researcher, for Xbox Research and Bethesda User Research. Opinions are mine and don't reflect my employer.
When World of Warcraft first introduced Moonkin form to Druids, the character model breathed thru its feet and could drown standing in a fountain in Ironforge.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
When World of Warcraft first introduced Moonkin form to Druids, the character model breathed thru its feet and could drown standing in a fountain in Ironforge.
This is such a huge honor to be recognized for my work and the work of my colleagues on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle & DOOM the Dark Ages!
Now I get to spend my first few hours of vacation making sure my dev teams know about the 10 nominations we received. ❤️
Now I get to spend my first few hours of vacation making sure my dev teams know about the 10 nominations we received. ❤️
Our finalists for MVP - Unsung Hero are:
Paul Parsons, EA
Luke Heanue, EA
Holly Wescott, Amazon
Elizabeth Whyte, Bethesda
Tülay Tetiker McNally, Scopely
Public vote now open at gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-2025/
Paul Parsons, EA
Luke Heanue, EA
Holly Wescott, Amazon
Elizabeth Whyte, Bethesda
Tülay Tetiker McNally, Scopely
Public vote now open at gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-2025/
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is such a huge honor to be recognized for my work and the work of my colleagues on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle & DOOM the Dark Ages!
Now I get to spend my first few hours of vacation making sure my dev teams know about the 10 nominations we received. ❤️
Now I get to spend my first few hours of vacation making sure my dev teams know about the 10 nominations we received. ❤️
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I had such a great time working on this project! Highly recommend checking this game out if you already have a Netflix subscription. 😀
🎉 In an exciting and emotional milestone for the team, we just hit 2 million players for Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit!!
Thank you so much for all of your love and support. 🧡
We're so glad that you're all still having a great time playing. 🐻
Thank you so much for all of your love and support. 🧡
We're so glad that you're all still having a great time playing. 🐻
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I had such a great time working on this project! Highly recommend checking this game out if you already have a Netflix subscription. 😀
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We don't talk about it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We don't talk about it.
Guess my wow Druid is now old enough to drink alcohol in the US. 😂
It's World of Warcraft's 21st birthday, and I don't really want to think about that too closely, but there are prizes and bonus XP to earn so you may want to get to work on that while aggressively ignoring the passage of time.
It's 21st anniversary time for World of Warcraft!
Unless you were paying attention when you logged into World of Warcraft yesterday, you may have easily been able to miss that it's anniversary time again -
blizzardwatch.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Guess my wow Druid is now old enough to drink alcohol in the US. 😂
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They're putting the economy in time-out?
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
They're putting the economy in time-out?
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Congrats to MachineGames and id Software on their #TheGameAwards nominations!
DOOM: The Dark Ages
-Best Action Game
-Innovation in Accessibility
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
-Best Action/Adventure Game
-Best Performance (Troy Baker)
You can cast your vote here! thegameawards.com/nominees
DOOM: The Dark Ages
-Best Action Game
-Innovation in Accessibility
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
-Best Action/Adventure Game
-Best Performance (Troy Baker)
You can cast your vote here! thegameawards.com/nominees
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Congrats to MachineGames and id Software on their #TheGameAwards nominations!
DOOM: The Dark Ages
-Best Action Game
-Innovation in Accessibility
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
-Best Action/Adventure Game
-Best Performance (Troy Baker)
You can cast your vote here! thegameawards.com/nominees
DOOM: The Dark Ages
-Best Action Game
-Innovation in Accessibility
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
-Best Action/Adventure Game
-Best Performance (Troy Baker)
You can cast your vote here! thegameawards.com/nominees
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Honored for #TheGameAwards nominations for Best Action Game & Innovation in Accessibility for DOOM: The Dark Ages.
Voting is now open: thegameawards.com
Voting is now open: thegameawards.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Honored for #TheGameAwards nominations for Best Action Game & Innovation in Accessibility for DOOM: The Dark Ages.
Voting is now open: thegameawards.com
Voting is now open: thegameawards.com
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Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
Let’s go DOOM: The Dark Ages! I’m so proud of all the work my colleagues put into making a more accessible DOOM game.
Congratulations to these amazing games for being nominated in the "Innovation in Accessibility" for @thegameawards.com
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Let’s go DOOM: The Dark Ages! I’m so proud of all the work my colleagues put into making a more accessible DOOM game.
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Losing Alice feels like being hit with a phaser. I will be offline doing Klingon death screams in her honor until I can process this horrible blow to the space-time and disability and community and geekdom and comraderie and cat lover continuums. -SR
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Losing Alice feels like being hit with a phaser. I will be offline doing Klingon death screams in her honor until I can process this horrible blow to the space-time and disability and community and geekdom and comraderie and cat lover continuums. -SR
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FYI when reporting salary information you should use the median not the average
Averages get distorted by outliers way too easily in this kind of data
Averages get distorted by outliers way too easily in this kind of data
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
FYI when reporting salary information you should use the median not the average
Averages get distorted by outliers way too easily in this kind of data
Averages get distorted by outliers way too easily in this kind of data
The crime used to be just existing in the world as your own natural self.
Think it's as good a time as ever to remind the younger folks that "be gay, do crimes" was born from the fact it was flat out illegal to be gay for a long while.
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The crime used to be just existing in the world as your own natural self.
My kid, who thinks she is a cat and communicated primarily via meows in her early life, just had the worst news at the allergy appointment. Not only is she not a cat, she is actually allergic to cats. She is allergic to her favorite thing in the whole wide world.
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My kid, who thinks she is a cat and communicated primarily via meows in her early life, just had the worst news at the allergy appointment. Not only is she not a cat, she is actually allergic to cats. She is allergic to her favorite thing in the whole wide world.
Filling out my performance evaluation for work and having a hard time because I do so many small things to support others that it is hard to get it into a cohesive story about my accomplishments. I also hate having to write about myself & the impact I have. Also, studio closures make that hard. 😭
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Filling out my performance evaluation for work and having a hard time because I do so many small things to support others that it is hard to get it into a cohesive story about my accomplishments. I also hate having to write about myself & the impact I have. Also, studio closures make that hard. 😭
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i'll go even further and say that i don't care how much money you have, signing up should be enough. you make n+1 times poverty instead of n? cool, take it anyway. you're jeff bezos? hey man, no judgment (on this anyway), you get snap funds.
means testing is a plague and everyone should have food.
means testing is a plague and everyone should have food.
If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
i'll go even further and say that i don't care how much money you have, signing up should be enough. you make n+1 times poverty instead of n? cool, take it anyway. you're jeff bezos? hey man, no judgment (on this anyway), you get snap funds.
means testing is a plague and everyone should have food.
means testing is a plague and everyone should have food.
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This is exciting news! If you wanted to find Disabled Creators in a variety of categories, @abletoplay.com has a brand new section on their website where you can find them!
I am honoured to be in the first group, so check out all the amazing folks making accessibility related gaming content!
I am honoured to be in the first group, so check out all the amazing folks making accessibility related gaming content!
We have an exciting update!
We have just launched the Creator Discovery feature!
On AbleToPlay, you could already find games that match your accessibility needs — now you can take it one step further and discover inclusive, accessibility-focused creators who do the same!
We have just launched the Creator Discovery feature!
On AbleToPlay, you could already find games that match your accessibility needs — now you can take it one step further and discover inclusive, accessibility-focused creators who do the same!
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is exciting news! If you wanted to find Disabled Creators in a variety of categories, @abletoplay.com has a brand new section on their website where you can find them!
I am honoured to be in the first group, so check out all the amazing folks making accessibility related gaming content!
I am honoured to be in the first group, so check out all the amazing folks making accessibility related gaming content!
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They personally don't need them "yet".
They're basically advocating against their older selves' needs.
Slower reaction times, lower vision, arthritis, shorter memory, smaller attention span, you name it.
They'll come around one day and thank us when they can still play.
#a11y #GamesAccessibility
They're basically advocating against their older selves' needs.
Slower reaction times, lower vision, arthritis, shorter memory, smaller attention span, you name it.
They'll come around one day and thank us when they can still play.
#a11y #GamesAccessibility
Too many gamers are weird about accessibility options in games just because they personally don’t need them.
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
They personally don't need them "yet".
They're basically advocating against their older selves' needs.
Slower reaction times, lower vision, arthritis, shorter memory, smaller attention span, you name it.
They'll come around one day and thank us when they can still play.
#a11y #GamesAccessibility
They're basically advocating against their older selves' needs.
Slower reaction times, lower vision, arthritis, shorter memory, smaller attention span, you name it.
They'll come around one day and thank us when they can still play.
#a11y #GamesAccessibility
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A press and hold button is to prove I'm not a robot isn't a security fix, it's an accessibility bug
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A press and hold button is to prove I'm not a robot isn't a security fix, it's an accessibility bug
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Hey folks. I was impacted by the layoffs at Amazon today. If you or someone you know is in need of a UX Researcher with multiple years of experience leading or supporting research initiatives, games or otherwise, please DM me or reach out to me on LinkedIIn. www.linkedin.com/in/cdwheelock
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hey folks. I was impacted by the layoffs at Amazon today. If you or someone you know is in need of a UX Researcher with multiple years of experience leading or supporting research initiatives, games or otherwise, please DM me or reach out to me on LinkedIIn. www.linkedin.com/in/cdwheelock
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Seeing folks praising Amazon for "good severance" but y'all, even 5-6mo of severance is not enough with the state of the industry. There are no jobs. There are hundreds competing for every role. These people lived/worked in expensive cities (Irvine, SD, Seattle) and unemployment is garbage.
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Seeing folks praising Amazon for "good severance" but y'all, even 5-6mo of severance is not enough with the state of the industry. There are no jobs. There are hundreds competing for every role. These people lived/worked in expensive cities (Irvine, SD, Seattle) and unemployment is garbage.
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I'm safe, but the majority of the team I manage has been impacted.
If you've got any openings for some amazingly talented games user researchers, please let me know! I have folks to recommend at most experience levels.
If you've got any openings for some amazingly talented games user researchers, please let me know! I have folks to recommend at most experience levels.
Report: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games
Report: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games
Sources claim the layoffs could be announced this week and impact up to 30,000 people.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm safe, but the majority of the team I manage has been impacted.
If you've got any openings for some amazingly talented games user researchers, please let me know! I have folks to recommend at most experience levels.
If you've got any openings for some amazingly talented games user researchers, please let me know! I have folks to recommend at most experience levels.
Got home from my Las Vegas weekend trip. It was fun but now I’m exhausted. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Got home from my Las Vegas weekend trip. It was fun but now I’m exhausted. ❤️
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A joke about bears:
Are bears scary?
Yes, beary scary.
I hope you enjoyed my little bear joke.
Are bears scary?
Yes, beary scary.
I hope you enjoyed my little bear joke.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A joke about bears:
Are bears scary?
Yes, beary scary.
I hope you enjoyed my little bear joke.
Are bears scary?
Yes, beary scary.
I hope you enjoyed my little bear joke.