Chapter 16 Introduction to: Funology 1 Mark Blythe and Peter Wright These papers are published largely as they appeared in the 2003 edition. Chapter authors were invited to write a note explaining how things have developed since 2003 or setting the context in which the 2003 chapter was written. These notes are included at the start of each chapter. We would draw your attention to the long note added by Wright and McCarthy to Chap. 20 which in many ways sets the scene for the whole book. Sadly two of our authors have died since 2003, Kees Overbeeke (Chaps. 17, 37 and 38) and John Karat (Chap. 26). The relevant chapters include notes about these authors and their considerable contributions to HCI. We were unable to make contact with two sets of authors in the 2003 volume and so we do not have permission to republish them. As well as the chapters from the 2003 edition we have included the introductory material from that edition. The chapters were divided into three sections: theories and concepts; methods and techniques, and case studies in design. 1 From Usability to Enjoyment: Book Introduction, as Printed in the 2003 Edition All I want to do is have a little fun before I die Says this man next to me out of nowhere M. Blythe (&) Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK e-mail: mark.blythe@northumbria.ac.uk P. Wright Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 M. Blythe and A. Monk (eds.), Funology 2, Human–Computer Interaction Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68213-6_16 259