Articles by Dustin C. Smith

author photoDr. Smith is a Senior UX Researcher for the Cloud Developer Experience team at Google. He received his PhD in human factors psychology from Wichita State University in 2017. His research focused on modeling decision making as it relates to virtual currency and microtransactions.

Validation of the GUESS-18: A Short Version of the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS)

Abstract The Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS) is a 55-item tool assessing nine constructs describing video game satisfaction. While the development of the GUESS followed best practices and resulted in a versatile, comprehensive tool for assessing video game user experience, responding to 55 items can be cumbersome in situations where repeated assessments are necessary. […] [Read More]