I was honored to share insights from two recent video game design engagements at the Games UX Summit 2024, which was hosted online December 19, 2024. Video will be available and updated here later, but for folks looking for the slides, you
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Cheryl’s recent post for Medium on June’s rate limit “feature” release was promoted as a Staff Pick, sent out in several large-distribution Medium newsletters including Longreads, and met with some great discussion and discourse. In this piece, Cheryl breaks down the potentially
On May 14, 2023, Cheryl served as Toastmaster for the 58th Annual Nebula Awards. Her work included a 15-minute monologue she wrote herself, along with a series of scripted interludes in partnership with her husband David Foubert as the Computer Voice. She
Verifications may be so 2022 on Twitter, but we’re delighted to share that Cheryl has now been designated a Verified Author on Medium. My Medium author verification is particularly meaningful as I owe quite a few major career moments to connections and
Sometimes life seems like fiction – but I’m thrilled to announce that I have been honored by an invitation to act as the Toastmaster for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association‘s 58th annual Nebula Awards in Anaheim, California on May 14,
Newly available at both cherylplatz.medium.com and the Riot Games UX Design Medium publication is my latest detailed behind the scenes piece about the exciting and groundbreaking design work we’re doing on behalf of players here at Riot Games. In this first of
Next up on Cheryl’s Medium publication – a look at the cooling wave of digital assistants amid a stalling economy, and what it may mean for voice and multimodal design as an industry. Highlight from the article So what’s changed? What led
New year, new podcasts! We start out with an interview focused on content design – what role does it play in voice design, and what role has it been playing in Cheryl’s work in the video game industry? Hear some unique stories
I left the video game industry in 2007 after shipping over half a dozen titles on every platform you can think of – PC, Game Boy, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PlayStation, GameCube… I was ready for new challenges. I didn’t expect the journey
Cheryl is delighted to share after long last the video from Cheryl’s very well-received keynote presentation at the largest design conference in the Southern Hemisphere, Interaction Latin America. Her 2019 “Opti-Pessimism” keynote inspired many local designers to start thinking and talking about