Michael John Saiger

7 years ago I was recruiting for my masters research. My first dip into quant research and exploring cognitive processing in games. Hopefully in future I can revisit this again. Now, I'm writing up 4 years of PhD research.

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An odd one, but do I have any mutuals who are Guildford based who may be able to do me a favour?

@nielsen_holly @greg_jenner @agnesjuliet @MathewJLyons Great piece, I resonated with being 5 or 6 and watching my dad play this game hours on end only for it to be a LAN party staple growing up. Dad only played Britons and hoarded Longbowmen, never beaten him.

@easyJet we are delayed on EZY8600 to Gatwick and a little worried about our connection to Glasgow EZY871. Will we have time collect our bag, bag drop and get to gate?

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An amazing PT opportunity for someone with qualitative research chops to work with two super talented designers from @AbertayGameLab on a game that has the potential to do really powerful work - I’ve seen it in action. Please share.

Haven't slept all night. Had workmen in the house yesterday and thought Tali got out. 16 stressful hours later and crawling around the roof rafters like Bruce Willis I find this dusty cat under the old water tank.

I'm really excited about all the game trailers this week. Can't wait be back in Albion for Fable. Dragon Age Veilguard looks to be using Origins features. But Monster Hunter Wilds, I really wish it could be this year.,

GAMERS, WE NEED YOU! I'm looking for participants for my study on video games and wellbeing. The survey takes around 15 minutes and will help us better understand video games. Retweets appreciated! solejarnik.co.uk/wellbeingsurve… @AcademicChatter @HorizonCDT @HorizonDER

Conducted a deductive qualitative analysis across all the workshops I did last year. Finally a draft together on factors to impact young people's participation in the co-design of applied games. Interesting to see how interaction preferences have changed from paper to digital.

Occasionally I send a TV/Film advert to my Fiancee to ask "did you cast/work on this?" It always exciting to see the huge amount of projects she works on and I'm so impressed how she handles it all.

@DrKowert I moderate a couple of discord servers that cover games/TTRPGs/MTGs. One server which represents an IRL store

Awful but Lawful? Some colleagues are looking to interview content moderators (in games/game adjacent) to understand how policing communities interdict and prevent the spread of hateful content. If this is you, please reach out and I can send you their way!

Britain's King Charles unveiled the first official portrait of himself since his coronation last May.

Going over my data again for a thesis chapter on workshops and I had a few kids produce some absolute gold from participatory workshops. What a journey

@DDSlawson Hey that works too

@MJSaiger Charles, Lord of Blood youtu.be/ifgfOcQhjbg?si…

I saw it. Then I heard it.

@PirateSoftware This is why I love seeing smaller companies form publishing fronts for indies. Great exemplars like @Neonhive and @ChucklefishLTD

The last few days of watching Sony gut Helldivers 2 is a grim reminder of the pitfalls of working with a publisher. Make sure you know what you're getting into before signing your game away. There are good publishers out there and we've seen them kick a lot of ass for indies. Always have a lawyer review your contracts and have everything in writing. I hate seeing this kind of thing happen and especially to such a good game. It's long been a goal of mine to either start a publishing house for indies or start working with one that aligns with the goals I have. Situations like this just make me want to bump that higher up the queue.