Benjamin Linz

🎓HCI | 🎙podcaster @spielsinn | 🎮streamer @thurlynox ~(he/him)
(game) UX & gamification enthusiast with a 💜 for details & deeper meaning

[Benjamin Linz @benthUXiastic]

✨Was sind Eure Highlights in Sachen #UX, #Design, #Gamification & Games?
📣 Habt Ihr Empfehlungen an die Community?
🧠 Was habt Ihr gelernt? Was beschäftigt Euch aktuell?
🙋 Habt Ihr Fragen an uns oder Themenimpulse?
#GameUX #gamesUR #deutscherpodcast #wissenschaftskommunikation

[Spielsinn Podcast @spielsinn]

Liebes X (Twitter :P), wir leben noch. Überzeugt euch selbst und seid bei unserem spielsinnlichen Jahresrückblick dabei, heute ab 20 Uhr bei @thurlynox : https://t.co/UHblWK7I9i

Was sind eure Highlights des Jahres im Kontext von #UX, #gamesUR, #Design, #Games und #Gamification?

[Lissanna @restokin]

For those of you whom I promised to replace my now defunct learning & memory in games blog post, good news is that the even better video version is up already from GA Conf! https://t.co/pqlHf1CGD1

[Dom Schott @R3nDom]

Anlässlich des Deutschen Computerspielpreis 2024 habe ich 5 ganz unterschiedliche Gewinnerteams vor das Mikrofon eingeladen, um zu erfahren, was dieser Preis für sie bedeutet. Daraus entstand diese Sonderfolge, ein Schlaglicht auf die deutsche Industrie: https://t.co/kvqm0sQPIV

[Rob Alvarez | #ProfessorGame @RobAlvarezB]

Board games aren’t just fun—they reshape your brain with Reese Zahner 
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/HpEp76dVR1

#BoardGames #Neuroplasticity #StrategicThinking #ProfessorGame #BrainTraining #Efficiency #Podcast #GamingForGrowth #Gamification #loyalty #engagement #gameinspire

[Sonya Huang 🐥 @sonyatweetybird]

Our most exciting episode of Training Data yet 🍓🍰

@OpenAI’s o1 represents a major leap forward by giving models time to "think."

Inference-time compute is the next big research frontier.

Thrilled to have @polynoamial, @ilge, and @hunterlightman on the show @gradypb @sequoia

[Ryan Peterman @ryanlpeterman]

After trying Cursor, I realize the value of 80% of my technical skills dropped to zero.

The leverage for the remaining 20% of skills went up by at least 10x.

[Langflow @langflow_ai]

A Short Explanation of Semantic Similarity and How It Can Be Used as a Text Splitting Strategy in RAG Applications

Taken from the discussion between Rodrigo Nader (@rodrigonader_) and David Jones-Gilardi (@SonicDMG) on Beyond Basic RAG. Full talk available here: https://t.co/pTPsTPi6tw

[Justin Gary @Justin_Gary]

@emollick — Navigating AI in Game Design, Ethical Integration, and Supporting Artists. Listen to my newest episode with guest Ethan Mollick as he takes us through his journey from working at MIT's Media Lab with AI pioneer Marvin Minsky to becoming a leading voice on the impact of AI on work and education.
🔗 https://t.co/hNNyhEMK9u

[Benjamin Linz @benthUXiastic]

Learning: for effective problem-solving with AI, 1) set focused problem precisely, 2) individually ideate without AI, 3) train AI by providing context, 4) use AI as conversational thought partner, 5) discuss individual results in the team for consolidation
https://t.co/SNQlziXonk

[Daily Research @SurveyCircle @daily_research]

Participants needed for online survey!

Topic: "Player Research Challenges in Indie Game Development" https://t.co/EBhaz2rliy via @SurveyCircle #UniSiegen

#GameDevelopment #playtesting #PlayerResearch #indie #UxResearch #gamedev

[Jordan Talks Everyday AI @EverydayAI_]

NotebookLM: The best AI tool you’ve probably never used #notebooklm #google #googleai #gemini #aitools #genai #generativeai #productivity https://t.co/YuISjPMFaH

[AK @_akhaliq]

Google presents Diffusion Models Are Real-Time Game Engines

discuss: https://t.co/IBV70a990g

We present GameNGen, the first game engine powered entirely by a neural model that enables real-time interaction with a complex environment over long trajectories at high quality. GameNGen can interactively simulate the classic game DOOM at over 20 frames per second on a single TPU. Next frame prediction achieves a PSNR of 29.4, comparable to lossy JPEG compression. Human raters are only slightly better than random chance at distinguishing short clips of the game from clips of the simulation. GameNGen is trained in two phases: (1) an RL-agent learns to play the game and the training sessions are recorded, and (2) a diffusion model is trained to produce the next frame, conditioned on the sequence of past frames and actions. Conditioning augmentations enable stable auto-regressive generation over long trajectories.

[Hidden Door @playhiddendoor]

Available now on Hidden Door!

The Crow: Origins, from @pressmanfilm

Love. Die. Seek Revenge.

#gamescom_congress #gcc24

[Benjamin Linz @benthUXiastic]

You're not at @gamescom but want to experience the main stage of #gcc24 live in stream from home or on-the-go?
👉🏼 Go to https://t.co/3cotF4ZW3t or https://t.co/dvc61CKwYg

[game_eV @game_verband]

Der @gc_congress Europas führende Konferenz rund um die Potenziale von #Games rückt in diesem Jahr "Games & Demokratie" sowie "Games & KI" in den Vordergrund. Über 100 Expertinnen & Experten bieten spannenden Talks & Panels an
Das Programm: https://t.co/mjiUJWxon1
#gcc24

[GamesIndustry @GIBiz]

Continuing our daily podcasts this week, we sat down with Execution Labs' Jason Della Rocca to talk about the biggest challenges facing indies today, from the decline of indie publishers to the ongoing search for funding

https://t.co/kPiZvGaoGg

[Guo Freeman @guo_freeman]

Happy to share the pre-print of our new #chiplay2024 paper about the intersection of generative AI and indie game development (with my awesome PhD student @ruchipanch)! Really look forward to discussing our findings at #chiplay2024! https://t.co/hA5I7abGzC

[Behind the Screens @behindscreensDE]

Wir wollen noch mehr #Psychologie in die #Games-Branche tragen. Deshalb gründen wir jetzt.

Wir bieten Fortbildung und Beratung für Entwicklungsstudios und Institutionen aus Bildung, Erziehung und Gesundheit an. Mehr: https://t.co/G90y6LqjQn

[Benjamin Linz @benthUXiastic]

In einer Folge von #DasWarMorgen des #SWRkultur wird eine dystopische Zukunft thematisiert, in der Spiel zentral in der Gesellschaft ist. Die besprochenen Aspekte sind interessant, dennoch wird #Gamification / #GameDesign mit Willkür verwechselt.
@ARDde https://t.co/c7TnEaqnMN

[UX Magazine @uxmag]

🚀 Curious about the future of AI and UX? Tune in to the latest episode of Invisible Machines featuring Tanmay Bakshi, AI & Application Architect at IBM.

🎧Listen now: https://t.co/XuxsJmx1rB

#tech #ai #ethicalai #invisiblemachines #podcast #aipodcast #generativeai

[Jamie Madigan @JamieMadigan]

New Psychology of Games podcast is up! I talk with @amperjay about her research on what kinds of relationships we form with our in-game avatars. https://t.co/lPDUmOZ4zz