Found in 1 comment on Hacker News
maushu · 2010-06-30 · Original thread
Game Design: A Practical Approach - http://www.amazon.com/Game-Design-Practical-Approach-Develop... and for more focus on the interface (the obvious point of this thread): Game Interface Design - http://www.amazon.com/Game-Interface-Design-Brent-Fox/dp/159...

Both books teach interesting stuff about designing interfaces and the game itself that can be translated to software and web, specially the first book.

Fresh book recommendations delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday.