PinnedLennart Nacke·Jan 28The 7 psychology principles game designers learn too lateThe academic research that explains why players stay, why they leave, and why ‘dopamine hits’ explains almost nothing
PinnedLennart Nacke·Mar 22, 2025How AI is changing what it means to be a researcherAcademia’s greatest flex is dead (and how AI killed it)A response icon31A response icon31
PinnedInBootcampbyLennart Nacke·Dec 28, 2024Why Sticking to Genre Rules Matters in Video GamesPlayers expect certain things from certain genres. Here’s why.A response icon2A response icon2
Lennart Nacke·Jun 5As a Professor, I Refuse to Store My AI Research in the CloudThe integration of Codex into ChatGPT is a platform lock-in play.
Lennart Nacke·Mar 8Your Deep Expertise Is Why Nobody Knows Your NameA professor’s guide to the one structural change that makes deep expertise visible
Lennart Nacke·Feb 28Your Proposal Didn’t Fail. Your Writing Did.30 Minutes. That’s All Your Reviewer Will Give You.
Lennart Nacke·Feb 15The AI Responsibility Framework for UX ResearchersSix prompt layers that force ethical accountability into every AI interaction
InEduCreatebyLennart Nacke·Feb 13Be aware of readers like Warren Buffett. They know something you forgot in sixth grade.The more carefully you read, the less you need to read.
Lennart Nacke·Jan 31How to pick a research problem that actually matters7 steps to find a research problem worth three years of your careerA response icon1A response icon1
Lennart Nacke·Jan 30You’ve normalized something insane about peer reviewThe delays, the randomness, the emotional cost. Somewhere along the way, we accepted all of it as the price of doing science.
