John Dickens
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John Dickens
@johndickens.bsky.social
Senior Accessibility and User Researcher at Tencent Games. Trying to make games more accessible for every player. Music, tech, adventure cycling nerd.
"Will players buy it?"
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Whilst the meme is obviously an exaggeration, it's annoying because the reason something becomes intuitive is because it has enough affordances and a universally understood design language that a user cannot feasibly interact with it incorrectly. And totally true about designing for accessibility!
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I have a week and a bit to decide whether to return them or not... I feel like I might be adjusting somewhat to it but don't want to end up with a device that makes me ill every time I use them haha
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Nope, doesn't seem to matter what mode is enabled or not...
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As someone prone to motion sickness and nausea in video games and VR, I've come to not be surprised when I play something new and it triggers symptoms... but earphones?! Is it the pressure of the seal causing some weirdness in the inner ear?
October 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yes! Thanks Chris!
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Miyoshi? Baradji? Nadé? None of the above? 😆
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you think Trump would celebrate with the winning team if a Mexican team had won?
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I think out of all the 'socials', LinkedIn's push notifications are A) the most invasive and B) hardest to tune to actually be notified exclusively about important things.
July 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I would also put forward that seeing players slide about is evidence to suggest a fun and intuitive control scheme that allows player agency, but that's just an assumption :D
April 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM