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2nd episode of the 3rd series of Black Mirror
"Playtest" is the second episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology television series Black Mirror. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, with the rest of series three. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Playtest (Black Mirror)A 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Pathfinder Playtest AdventureThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Learning from the Resilience Playtest: increasing engagement in resilience promoting games through participatory designCited 12 times
- Go sideways: Hated in the NationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Black Mirror: BandersnatchA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb To test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
Noun A session of testing a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Learning from the Resilience Playtest: increasing engagement in resilience promoting games through participatory design
Leveraging Serious Video Games to Transform HIV Prevention and Care for Adolescents and Young Adults: The Case for PlayTest!
Playtest e Design Science Research: ensaio sobre a avaliação do uso de jogos na perspectiva da Ciência do Design
Expanding the Playtest Method for UX Research Beyond Gaming
AlphaZero como ferramenta de playtest
Playtest Planning and Reporting Toolkit for Game Design in Academic Contexts
P-68: Playtest of the board game “Diabetes and action”: testing the medium-fidelity prototype
The Itinerary: Playtest
📚 Books worth reading
Pathfinder Playtest AdventurePaizo Staff, Logan Bonner · 2018
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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