Dr. Richard Bartle is a respected academic and author on the subject of virtual worlds. The Bartle test is named for him. See: Bartle on Wikipedia
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The Game Archaeologist: The PLATO MMOs
In tracing the history and pre-history of MMORPGs in this column, we've spent a lot of time outside of the 2000s and into the...
Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Moral panic and online griefing
Welcome back to our ongoing exploration of Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt’s book The Video Game Debate. As you can guess, the book itself focuses...
Massively Overthinking: Let’s take the classic Bartle test
Here's something you probably didn't know: Online worlds researcher Dr. Richard Bartle didn't actually write the Bartle test.
His original research explored, analyzed, and defined the...
Extra Credits explains Bartle’s Taxonomy and its application
The generally excellent Extra Credits series occasionally touches on MMORPGs and their various systems has a pair of new videos out that might be...
