As the holidays are upon us, it seems fitting to talk about one of the popular presents young people especially will be asking for: games. Join us on the last episode for 2025 as we discuss how UX research for gaming differs from other industries, how gaming UX has changed over the years, future trends, and most importantly, what games we are all playing at the moment.

In this extended episode of UX Soup, we talk with Professor Gary Burnett from Loughborough University, who is a pioneer in the use of immersive technology, especially social virtual reality, as a means to engage and teach Higher Education students in new and meaningful ways. We talk with Gary about two recently published research articles: one on hologram teachers and the other on utilising virtual worlds for team-building exercises.

The first instalment of Spilt Soup, which breaks down UX reasons for spectacular product and service failures. Where better to start than Quibi? In 2020 Quibi was launched with massive financial backing as a streaming service to compete with Netflix and other video streaming platforms. But after only 8 months it was gone. We analyse what went wrong from a UX perspective and lessons that can be learned.

In Condensed Soup we discuss our biggest UX research wins.