Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard Bartle

Richard Bartle and Nigel Roberts join us on today's episode, bringing decades of experience in gaming, technology, and community building. Richard is one of the co-creators of MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), the precursor to today's MMORPGs, and developed the famous Bartle Taxonomy, which categorizes player types. He's also a renowned author and academic, with works like How to Be a God exploring virtual worlds.Nigel Roberts, one of Richard's long-time collaborators, was involved in the development of MUD and has had a significant role in shaping the modern internet. He is a member of the ICANN Board of Directors and one of the founders of the .gg domain. Nigel also made history as the first person to win a lawsuit in the UK for unsolicited spam email. His legal and technical insights have been instrumental in building communities both online and in the gaming world.In this episode, Richard and Nigel share their journey from developing the earliest multiplayer games to navigating the challenges of decentralized systems, community regulation, and virtual economies. They also discuss the power of “what if” in game design, the hero's journey, and how both players and designers can express freedom and identity through games. Enjoy! Get full access to Think Like A Game Designer at justingarydesign.substack.com/subscribe

Dr Richard Bartle is Honorary Professor of Computer Game Design at the University of Essex, UK. He co-created the first virtual world, MUD or multi-user dungeon, a progenitor of the…

Recently, I finished reading the book Designing Virtual Worlds by Richard Bartle. Made by the creator of MUD (widely considered to be the first MMO), it goes over best practices for creating a persistent, multiplayer experience. One thing I noticed about DVW right out the gate, however, is that it's pretty old — so old, in fact, that the book came out just one year (!) before World of Warcraft, the game now considered to be the ultimate template in MMO-crafting. This antiquity made me curious… just how much have MMOs changed? Original blog post: https://jacob-robinson.com/2022/08/29/a-few-thoughts-on-mmos/ Check out the blog: https://jacob-robinson.com/blog/ Discord: https://discord.gg/bpDMAp8JUF Twitter: https://twitter.com/astukari Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astukari/ Subscribe to the newsletter: https://astukari.substack.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/astukari/support

What do you find rewarding about playing TTRPGs? Let us know by sending us an email at dragonmindpodcast@gmail.com or posting in the Dragon Mind channel in the Darkmore Podcast Community Discord at https://discord.gg/DAJcutMt To read Richard Bartle's article, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs, head to: https://mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm Dragon Mind is a TTRPG discussion podcast where we look through the infinite lenses of TTRPGs to discover our best selves through gaming. Gaming doesn't have to just be an escape. It can help revolutionize your reality. Credit to https://www.FesliyanStudios.com for the background music

Richard Bartle joins us again after his appearance on ep.65 to chat about the metaverse, different ways to design AI controlled NPC, the lack of progress of AI in games, ethical considerations of games designers, ethics of AI life, virutalism, 'smart' AI will happened, robot rights and more...

Im zweiten Teil unserer Doppelfolge zum Gamer Motivation Model diskutieren wir interessante Erkenntnisse zu Motivationen von Gamer:innen, die Quantic Foundry mit den bisher gesammelten Daten herausgefunden hat. Wir besprechen einerseits Videospielempfehlungen, die uns anhand unserer Testergebnisse vorgeschlagen wurden, deren Sinnhaftigkeit und thematisieren ebenso den Nutzen des GMM für Spieleentwicklungsfirmen. Zudem vergleichen wir das Modell mit seinem geistigen Vorgänger von Richard Bartle, den HEXAD Gamification User Types von Andrzej Marczewski, dem Octalysis Framework von Yu-Kai Chou sowie den Five Player Traits der HCI Games Group und wagen auch einen kleinen Abstecher zu bekannten Modellen aus der Persönlichkeitsforschung. Bevor wir ein abschließendes Fazit ziehen, berichtet Ben noch kurz von seinen Eindrücken zum Motivationsprofil für Brettspiele. Diese Folge schließt nahtlos an den ersten Teil der Doppelfolge an. Erfahrt dort mehr über die Hintergründe des Gamer Motivation Models, deren "Erfinder", wie das GMM funktioniert und begleitet uns bei einem Deepdive in die 12 Basismotivationen nachdem wir die Erstellung unserer persönlichen Motivationsprofile reflektieren. Lasst uns gern im Discord oder über Social Media wissen, was bei Eurem Test herausgekommen ist und was Ihr darüber denkt - gern natürlich auch per Sprachnachricht, z. B. via speakpipe.com/spielsinn. Diverse Referenzen und weiterführende Empfehlungen zum Thema findet Ihr in den Shownotes zur Folge. (die momentan leider noch etwas rudimentär sind. Wir bitten um Verständnis) Sämtliche Links zum Podcast gibt's bei linktr.ee/spielsinn.podcast PS: Lasst gern etwas Liebe in Form einer Bewertung unserer Sendung auf Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. da. :)

Menschen scheinen Spiele zu spielen, die ihre Persönlichkeit verstärken und widerspiegeln, wer sie sind. Doch welche Aspekte sind es genau, die es immer wieder schaffen, jede:n von uns beim beim Spielen besonders zu motivieren? Wir haben den Test zum Gamer Motivation Model gemacht und sprechen über Hintergründe des Modells, deren "Erfinder" von Quantic Foundry und was diese bisher damit schon herausgefunden haben. Zudem vergleichen wir das Modell mit seinem geistigen Vorgänger von Richard Bartle, den HEXAD Gamification User Types von Andrzej Marczewski, dem Octalysis Framework von Yu-Kai Chou sowie den Five Player Traits der HCI Games Group und werfen auch einen Blick auf bekannte Modelle aus der Persönlichkeitsforschung. Nicht zuletzt sprechen wir über unsere Erlebnisse im Erstellungsprozess unseres ganz persönlichen Gamer Motivation-Profils und reflektieren natürlich unsere eigenen Ergebnisse. Lasst uns gern im Discord oder über Social Media wissen, was bei Eurem Test herausgekommen ist und was Ihr darüber denkt. Gern natürlich auch per Sprachnachricht, z. B. via speakpipe.com/spielsinn Hier geht's zu den Shownotes zur Folge, die momentan leider noch sehr rudimentär sind. Wir bitten um Verständnis.

This first Deepdive episode we talk to Amandine Flachs, Tommy Thompson and Richard Bartle about AI in games, it's history, it's uses and where its going. We discover NPCs, games as a test bed for AI research, different game AI techniques, back office uses of AI, job displacement, bad actors and possible futures...

Hallo zusammen! Mitspieler sind ein untrennbarer Bestandteil des Hobbys Rollenspiel, und so war es unvermeidlich, dass mit der verschiedene Theorien dazu aufkamen. Spielertypen und ihre Bedürfnisse sowie all die Theorien rund um diesen Themenkomplex, dies sind die Themen, mit denen sich Michael und Thomas in dieser Folge befassen. Dieses Mal gibt es zudem vor der Folge einen ganzen Blumenstrauß an Themen vor dem Thema sowie eine Medienschau, in der sich die beiden heute mal weniger Medien in dafür größerem Detail anschauen. Und wie eh und je gibt es weitere Informationen, weiterführende Links und alle relevanten Timecodes unten in den Shownotes. Viele Grüße, eure DORP 00:00:29 Intro 00:00:59 Feedback-Schleife 00:01:59 Scorp schrieb mal wieder vom 3D-Druck 00:03:13 Die DORP-Jahresumfrage kommt! 00:04:04 Der PENnP / Goldene Stephan 00:05:50 Neuer DORP-Merch! 00:06:51 Zur Medienschau 00:07:01 Medienschau: Assassin's Creed Odyssey 00:16:48 Medienschau: Robert Jordan – Die Suche nach dem Auge der Welt 00:24:33 Zum Thema! 00:26:21 Es gibt eine Reihe von Modellen 00:26:52 GNS 00:27:21 Der Scorp ist ein Gamist! 00:28:07 Thomas ist ein Narrativist mit gelegentlich simulationistischen Tendenzen 00:28:20 The Forge 00:28:47 Das sind alles keine dogmatisch festen Kategorien 00:30:08 Mini-Exkurs: Streaming und Bedürfnisse 00:31:45 Robin D. Laws 00:34:19 Der Casual Gamer 00:36:48 Der Vollständigkeit halber: The Big Model 00:37:19 Bartle taxonomy of player types 00:39:44 Dinge benennen zu können verleiht Macht 00:40:54 Nicht nur zur Einordnung der Mitspieler, auf zur Selbsteinschätzung 00:41:27 Wenn aus Zugehörigkeit Ausgrenzung wird 00:42:19 Die Spielleitung ist kein Dienstleister 00:44:54 Praxiserfahrungen 00:46:51 Fachvokabular als Gatekeeping 00:47:52 Erneut: All diese Kategorien sind vielmehr Spektren 00:49:36 Tut sich da eigentlich noch was? 00:51:55 Nur weil's auch ohne ging, heißt es nicht, dass es mit nicht besser sein kann 00:52:42 Ist manches davon inzwischen vielleicht mehr Allgemeinplatz? 00:53:49 Jüngere Leute: Erzählt mal! 00:54:06 Baut bitte keine Elfenbeintürme: Schlussworte 00:55:20 Sermon 3.6 00:56:01 Adieu! 00:56:31 Der Nach-Teil

Hallo zusammen! Mitspieler sind ein untrennbarer Bestandteil des Hobbys Rollenspiel, und so war es unvermeidlich, dass mit der verschiedene Theorien dazu aufkamen. Spielertypen und ihre Bedürfnisse sowie all die Theorien rund um diesen Themenkomplex, dies sind die Themen, mit denen sich Michael und Thomas in dieser Folge befassen. Dieses Mal gibt es zudem vor der Folge einen ganzen Blumenstrauß an Themen vor dem Thema sowie eine Medienschau, in der sich die beiden heute mal weniger Medien in dafür größerem Detail anschauen. Und wie eh und je gibt es weitere Informationen, weiterführende Links und alle relevanten Timecodes unten in den Shownotes. Viele Grüße, eure DORP 00:00:29 Intro 00:00:59 Feedback-Schleife 00:01:59 Scorp schrieb mal wieder vom 3D-Druck 00:03:13 Die DORP-Jahresumfrage kommt! 00:04:04 Der PENnP / Goldene Stephan 00:05:50 Neuer DORP-Merch! 00:06:51 Zur Medienschau 00:07:01 Medienschau: Assassin's Creed Odyssey 00:16:48 Medienschau: Robert Jordan – Die Suche nach dem Auge der Welt 00:24:33 Zum Thema! 00:26:21 Es gibt eine Reihe von Modellen 00:26:52 GNS 00:27:21 Der Scorp ist ein Gamist! 00:28:07 Thomas ist ein Narrativist mit gelegentlich simulationistischen Tendenzen 00:28:20 The Forge 00:28:47 Das sind alles keine dogmatisch festen Kategorien 00:30:08 Mini-Exkurs: Streaming und Bedürfnisse 00:31:45 Robin D. Laws 00:34:19 Der Casual Gamer 00:36:48 Der Vollständigkeit halber: The Big Model 00:37:19 Bartle taxonomy of player types 00:39:44 Dinge benennen zu können verleiht Macht 00:40:54 Nicht nur zur Einordnung der Mitspieler, auf zur Selbsteinschätzung 00:41:27 Wenn aus Zugehörigkeit Ausgrenzung wird 00:42:19 Die Spielleitung ist kein Dienstleister 00:44:54 Praxiserfahrungen 00:46:51 Fachvokabular als Gatekeeping 00:47:52 Erneut: All diese Kategorien sind vielmehr Spektren 00:49:36 Tut sich da eigentlich noch was? 00:51:55 Nur weil's auch ohne ging, heißt es nicht, dass es mit nicht besser sein kann 00:52:42 Ist manches davon inzwischen vielleicht mehr Allgemeinplatz? 00:53:49 Jüngere Leute: Erzählt mal! 00:54:06 Baut bitte keine Elfenbeintürme: Schlussworte 00:55:20 Sermon 3.6 00:56:01 Adieu! 00:56:31 Der Nach-Teil

Happy Thanksgiving!Richard Bartle is a fantastic artist and exquisite host who stuffed us full of heavy British delicacies when we went to visit him in Sheffield, England--where he runs Bloc Studios.   During that trip, I acquired the following crisps bags:Mackie's Turkey and StuffingWalkers Turkey and StuffingASDA    Turkey and StuffingMarks and Spencer Turkey, Stuffing, and CranberryASDA    Pigs in BlanketsTesco's   Succulent Pigs in BlanketsWalker's Prawn CocktailREAL Handcooked Ham and English MustardTyrrell's Black Angus and MustardYorkshire Crisps Roast Lamb and MintI caught up with Richard while he is living and working in Istanbul (where we originally met),  and we ended up making up meals  out of other bags collected during other trips to the UK:Walkers Sprout Lovers Pack:  Brussels Sprouts, Turkey and Stuffing, Cheese and CranberryWalker Sprout Haters Pack:     Turkey and Stuffing, Roast Ham, Cheese and CranberryTaste of Game Wild Duck and Plum Sauce--Smoked Pheasant and Wild Mushroom-- Grouse and Whinberry--Wild Boar and AppleI'm full . . .  Subscribe to Memory Chips podcast on any of your podcast platforms! https://pod.link/1588265708

Welcome to Show 256 - This time out we are proud to welcome Dr. Richard Bartle to the show. Dr. Bartle, Fran and Julie talk about one of the subjects of the moment - The Metaverse. See You Online, The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team

Hola! Soy Rodrigo Borgia y éste podcast trata de gamification, reconocimiento y motivación. Para hoy, les traigo a Richard Bartle https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bartle, con su taxonomía de los jugadores. Tomando su teoría, Conociendo a tus jugadores nos ayuda a diseñar acciones de reconocimiento, motivación y compromiso más efectivas dado el grupo de colaboradores con el que trabajemos. Enjoy! Play hards, stay safe, Rodrigo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rodrigo-borgia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rodrigo-borgia/support

We are a bit starstruck in this episode of The Movile GameDev Playbook, with guest Richard Bartle! Listen in to learn more about best practices for audience design, taxonomies of players and how they can help developers design better, more engaging mobile games. Richard joins the podcast to discuss his impressive career, including how he created the Multi-User Dungeon - or simply MUDs - the forebearer of the multiplayer online role-playing genre and how he developed the Bartle Taxonomy Player Types. Head of Analytics at GameRefinery by Vungle, Joel Julkunen, also joins the conversation to discuss the influence  Bartle's player types have had on GameRefinery's own taxonomy and the subtle difference between mobile and MMORPG players. You can now find The Mobile GameDev Playbook on video and all the usual podcast platforms. Thanks for listening!

Games User Research (GUR) hilft dabei, Spiele so zu gestalten, dass sie für Spielerinnen und Spielern die bestmögliche Erfahrung bieten. Ähnlich wie im Nicht-Spiel-Kontext geht es vor allem darum, durch spielerzentrierte Entwicklung sicherzustellen, dass Bedürfnisse der Zielgruppe hinreichend berücksichtigt werden, damit Vision und Ziele des Game Designs erreicht werden. Um Spielerinnen und Spieler zu verstehen, bedient man sich UX-Designprinzipien und Forschungsmethoden der menschfokussierten Gestaltung, allen voran das sogenannte "Playtesting". Nicht nur in der Spieleindustrie, sondern auch bei GUR als interdisziplinärem Wissenschaftsbereich steht die Untersuchung psychologischer Aspekte im Vordergrund. So versucht man bspw. besser zu verstehen, was Spielerinnen und Spieler motiviert, wie ihre Handlungen im Spiel erklärt oder sogar ein Stück weit vorhergesagt und wie Daten erhoben und genutzt werden können, um letztendlich Spieldesigner:innen zu unterstützen. In dieser Folge unterhalten sich Philip und Ben über den diesjährigen, nordamerikanischen #gamesUR Summit im Mai, einer von der Interessengruppe "Games Research & User Experience" (kurz GRUX SIG) der IGDA organisierten Konferenz, auf der sich Berufserfahrene und -einsteiger:innen aus Spieleindustrie und Wissenschaft treffen, um sich zu ebendiesen Themen auszutauschen. === Sprungmarken === - ab 00:00- Games User Research & Bens Zugang zur Konferenz, - ab 06:44- Über den #gamesUR NA Summit 2021, - ab 13:57- Mobiles AR-Spiel 'Minecraft Earth', - ab 22:46- Spielvorlieben charakterisieren: von Spielertypen zu -charakterzügen, - ab 33:47- Lernen in Spielen (ohne übermäßige Tutorials), - ab 56:36- User Research Methoden bei Borderlands 3, - ab 77:01- Behaviorismus & die Rolle von Spieler:innen als Probanden, - ab 78:55- Perspektive von GUR-Veteranen - Teil 1 und Exkurs zum GUR-Arbeitsalltag, - ab 83:21- Exkurs zur Computerspielmesse E3 2021, - ab 95:17- Teil 2 zum Veteranen-Panel und Exkurs zum Verhältnis von GUR und dem Entwicklungsteam, - ab 102:09- Kurzüberblick anderer Vorträge und Zusammenfassung === Weiterführende Links === Videos diverser Konferenzen der GRUX SIG, Test zu Player Traits, Publikation zum Einfluss von Persönlichkeitseigenschaften beim Usability Testing, Vortrag von Richard Bartle über Player Types & Gamification, GDC-Vortrag zum Lernen bei Plants vs. Zombies, Übernahme von Gearbox durch Embracer Group, Return on Investment von Spielen / Valheim (S. 37) === Was interessiert Euch besonders bei GUR? Diskutiert gern mit uns und der Spielsinn-Zuhörerschaft auf unserem Discord-Server. === Um auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben, folgt uns einfach auf der Podcast-Plattform Eurer Wahl oder auf Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Diverse Links sind auch zu finden unter: linktr.ee/spielsinn.podcast. Fragen, Anregungen & Anmerkungen könnt Ihr uns natürlich auch auf klassischem Weg per E-Mail an spielsinn.podcast@gmail.com zukommen lassen. Über jegliche Bewertungen & Feedback freuen wir uns sehr. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spielsinn-podcast/message

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we return to our series on Baldur's Gate with an interview with James Ohlen, who was lead designer on the title. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:50 Interview 52:50 Break 53:21 Outro Issues covered: starting a comic book store at 19 right before the market crashed, the origin of Minsc, starting at BioWare, building an IP bible as a way to start, working the killer hours and becoming the lead designer, putting in the 25000 hours, getting lucky and selling millions of copies, the impossibility of faking love, the choice between real-time and turn-based leading to pause-and-play, being delayed by Diablo, having contributions from everyone for design, sharing credit, feeling of playing D&D more important than perfect translation, balancing being easy due to so many party members, feeling smart, finding patterns in your party, relying on save and load, random numbers, the team testing the game, using characters from the binder, finding the voice for Minsc, writers taking ownership of voice, the passing of a player, bringing in characters from more players, growing the Sword Coast, staying away from the main space others were used, the perks of working for Wizards, four types of player, learning to respect player types, the end of a game being less tested, fighting the "dumbing down" due to overplay, engaging with the community, Karzak the Half-Orc and Gromnir and criticism, incorporating another player's character in to some coming work, caring so much for the license, being able to put infinite hours in. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age: Origins, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Arcanum Worlds, Odyssey of the Dragon Lords, Wizards of the Coast, Kevin Martens, Image Comics, Magic: The Gathering, Cameron Tofer, Augustine Yip, Warcraft, Doom, Dungeons & Dragons, Shattered Steel, Scott Grieg, Malcolm Gladwell, Fallout, Civilization, Gold Box (series), TSR, Interplay/Black Isle, Chris Avellone, Chris Parker, Feargus Urquhart, Blizzard, Diablo, David Brevik, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Michael Backus, Chris King, Lukas Kristjanson, Gary Gygax, Ross Gardner, Dean Anderson, Icewind Dale, Trent Oster, Beamdog, Richard Bartle, David Gaider, Drew Karpyshyn, LucasArts, Starfighter, Mark Garcia, Sands of Tim/Brett-e Davis, Hitman 3, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Troika, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers. Next time: More Prince of Persia! Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

This week on our podcast we discuss the origins of the Limousin breed and the foresight of one man to bring them into the UK and set up a demonstration herd. Chatting with well known breeder and judge, Richard Bartle, we list a few early breeders and some of the influential bulls that stamped the breed, such as Broadmeadows Cannon. We also mention some of the great Limousin show cows over the breeds 50 year history, as well as modern day genotyping strategies in UK and France.   Due to some recent events, the part of this podcast discussing the Willoge herd has since been removed.

Join Alice and Buddy as they explore a new way of thinking about guests at a theme park—dubbed lovingly (and somewhat jokingly) the Duquesne Taxonomy of Theme Park Guests. This idea comes to us from Richard Bartle, a game designer and researcher, who coined his popular Bartle Taxonomy of Players in 1996. How do parks differ from games through this lens? How can categorizing guests aid in design choices?Also featuring the second appearance of Duquesne’s Mad Labyrinth!All this and more on this scholarly episode of Those Happy Places!Be sure to visit our Patreon for all of the cool Passholder benefits, stretch goals, and an exclusive, long-lost episode of Those Happy Places! Join us on our Discord Server!Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode: Bummin on Tremolo, Long Stroll, Folk Round, Apero Hour, Babylon, No Good Layabout, Bossa Antigua, Samba Isobel, Awesome Call, Mighty Like Us, Deuces, Off to Osaka

Dr Huu Kim Le is an Australian child analyst and psychiatrist, specialising in video game addiction. Based in South Australia, Kim can reach young and remote Australians across Australia thanks to telepsychiatry. Growing up as a gamer himself, he’s combined the two loves in his life — video games and medicine — and is an expert in the rapidly growing field of gaming addiction. In today’s episode, he discusses types of gaming disorders, insights into the type of gamer who is at risk, how gaming designers appeal to the types of personality traits that we each possess, how they use financial incentives to maximise gaming promotion and participation, and the potential inherent issues that can negatively impact children who are susceptible to addiction.   Key takeaways: In China, the government is imposing a curfew for children after 10 pm and restricting the number of hours they're allowed to play games. Richard Bartle, the first virtual world game designer came up with the 'Bartle Player Types': The Killer, The Achiever, the Socialiser, and the Explorer. Research from Singapore suggests that there is a relationship between social competence, anxiety, depression and video gaming time. According to the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association in Australia, female players are just as likely as their male counterparts to be playing video games. Girls are having more problems with their internet usage, even though boys are playing more video games, with the rise of social media addiction. Telehealth is a powerful medium to overcome physical barriers and limitations. It allows people across Australia to get access to help who otherwise wouldn't be able to receive help.   Resources and links: https://cgiclinic.com/ LinkedIn - Dr Huu Kim Le Game Quitters Website Call To Mind - Supporting people to find the right mental health solution for them, anytime, anywhere.   Connect: Listen to other episodes of Reimagining Healthcare Connect with Yianni Serpanos on LinkedIn Follow HealthTechX on LinkedIn Follow HealthTechX on Instagram Follow HealthTechX on Meetup

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we this week we start a new series with a bit of a different goal: a game we'll play for an initial couple of episodes and then return to from time to time. We discuss 2004's seminal and crowning MMORPG World of Warcraft, discussing the year in which it came out, a history (personal and not) of MMOs, and then dig a bit into the initial hours of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up until level 8 Issues covered: revisiting our chat with John Romero, looking at 2004 in games, a live game model in EverQuest, self-cannibalization, early history of MUDs, a sad discovery, reflecting on Brad McQuaid's career, sharing games as source, MUDs and theming, talking through the history of a number of MMOs, talking about the market and approachability of other MMOs, peak users, the influence of other Blizzard games on WoW, Brett's confession, introducing characters through the RTS, modding and Warcraft III, launch and WoW, pulling the games from the shelves, server queues, revenue gross, Brett does some on-the-fly math, Activision-Blizzard merger, the starting area for gnomes and dwarves, inviting you into the world like a DM, learning the design language of the game, usability of the quest system, shifting the focus to quests (vs combat grinding), doing multiple things with the quests and rewards, changing your character's look, each race having its own animation set, differentiating races strongly, pre-rendered introduction, RTS influence again, seeing your first human (on a horse), simplifying WoW in the modern version, having to read the text to understand where to go, adding user interface mods, increasing intrinsic reward through difficulty, managing your own grouping, growing the scale of what you see, scale of towns and villages, growing up with the world through exploration, experience ramp. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: John Romero, LucasArts, Republic Commando, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, Half-Life 2, DOOM 3, Metal Gear Solid 3, Fable, Halo 2, Far Cry, Chronicles of Riddick, Katamari Damacy, Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Source Engine, Troika Entertainment, Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, The Outer Worlds, EverQuest & EverQuest II, 989 Studios, Sony Online Entertainment, Rob Pardo, MUD, Roy Trubshaw, Richard Bartle, DikuMUD, Brad McQuaid, Zork, Adventure, MOO, Pantheon, Saga of Heroes, Habitat, LucasFilm Games, Randy Farmer, Chip Morningstar, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, Dark Age of Camelot, Asheron's Call, Raph Koster, Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Underworld, Turbine Entertainment, Lord of the Rings Online, Mythic, EA, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Blizzard, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Bill Roper, Diablo, David Brevik, Warcraft III, Chris Metzen, DotA, Icefrog, Riot Games, Dark Souls. Next time: To level 20 https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Welcome to a very special edition of the No Prisoners, No Mercy Show! Join us as we welcome back to the show one of the people who started it all...Dr. Richard Bartle. See you online The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team.

Join us for a truly titanic episode as Dr. Richard Bartle, one of the fathers of not just muds but all online multiplayer games, comes on the podcast to talk about cars, old cinema but mostly MUDs! Special Guest: Dr. Richard Bartle.

Discussion of things we’re enjoying in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. We talk about Richard Bartle, the creator of MUD, and his four types of players – why Ubisoft games lack a certain magic. The post Co-Op Gaming Cast Ep. 3 – Appreciating The Division 2 appeared first on Co-Op Gaming.

In this conversation with Dr. Richard Bartle, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss the creation of virtual worlds, the difference between playing and designing a game, and whether the goal of developing a better world, rather than simply bettering the world, is possible. Richard Allan Bartle, Ph.D., co-wrote the first virtual world, MUD ("Multi-User Dungeon"), in 1978, thus being at the forefront of the online gaming industry from its very inception. A former university lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, he is an influential writer on all aspects of virtual world design and development. As an independent consultant, he has worked with almost every major online gaming company in the U.K. and the U.S. over the past 20 years. Richard lives with his wife, Gail, and their two children, Jennifer and Madeleine, in a village just outside Colchester, England. He works in virtual worlds. (From: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Virtual-Worlds-Richard-Bartle/dp/0131018167/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549457942&sr=1-1&keywords=designing+virtual+worlds) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Richard Bartle is best known for having co-written in 1978 the first virtual world, MUD (Multi-user dungeon), and for his 1996 Player Types model (killers, socializers, achievers, and explorers) which has seen widespread adoption by the MMO industry. His 2003 book, Designing Virtual Worlds, is the standard text on the subject, and he is an influential writer on all aspects of MMO design and development. In 2010, he was the first recipient of the prestigious GDCOnline Game Legend award.

Jeder, der sich mit Gamification auseinandersetzt, stolpert früher oder später über das Thema der Playertypes. Zwei der meistgenannten Namen hier: Richard Bartle und Andrzej Marczewski. Zusätzlich beschäftigen wir uns hier auch noch mit dem Ansatz von Reifegraden vs. anstatt Player Types.

Welcome to Show 200! The show so nice we had to record it twice. This is part one of two part. In part one Julie and Fran sit down with Dr. Richard Bartle to talk about his life and the early days of videogames that made it what it is today. 1. How does the decline of pc sales and the increase of mobile gaming, virtual reality and MOBA games effect the gaming industry. 2. Dr. Bartle gives us the "nickle tour" of his life and what lead to the development of the "primordial ooze" from which all videogames where developed....M.U.D. (Multi-User Dungeon) 3. Dr. Bartle, Roy Trubshaw and the making of M.U.D.-building a better world 4. Pioneers in the game development - did you know Mark Jacobs gave up a job as a lawyer to make games? 5. The early days of Muse. 6. Industry pioneers Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, Richard Bartle and some descrimination at Interplay. 7. When videogames added graphics - the first graphic worlds; Ultima Online, Meridian 59, and Everquest. 8. Everquest and DikuMUD gameplay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DikuMUD) 9. What makes a compelling game? 10. Mud on a Rasberry Pi, Dungeons and Dragons, board games and other pursuits.

Mark Johnson hosts a discussion panel about Multi-User Dungeons alongside original MUD creator Richard Bartle; MUME developer and manager Pier Donini; and Cat Rambo, developer of Armageddon and president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.Read more »

  On the fifteenth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Richard Bartle, Co-Creator of M.U.D. and one of the fathers of MMORPGs. This pioneer of the video game industry shares his fascinating story, his thoughts on indie video games, his enjoyment of Westworld, and his advice for aspiring developers. Have thoughts […]

We speak to gaming pioneer Richard Bartle who co-invtended the first M.U.D game in the 70s, which lead to the rise of MMOs! How did it all start, and why would he close down World of Warcraft? Richard Bartle's website: [http://mud.co.uk/richard/](http://mud.co.uk/richard/) Our website: [http://theretrohour.com](http://theretrohour.com) Facebook: [http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour](http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/retrohouruk](http://twitter.com/retrohouruk) Show notes: Smartboy: [http://bit.ly/28TXHgp](http://bit.ly/28TXHgp) Polite googling: [http://bit.ly/1rre6fa](http://bit.ly/1rre6fa) Eagle box: [http://bit.ly/28W2y0k](http://bit.ly/28W2y0k) New Amiga case look: [http://bit.ly/1Sby7fA](http://bit.ly/1Sby7fA) NERG 2016: [http://bit.ly/28QudMo](http://bit.ly/28QudMo) Sonic dominos: [http://bit.ly/28W91GE](http://bit.ly/28W91GE) Football Fever compliation for Amiga CD32: [http://bit.ly/28W91GE](http://bit.ly/28W91GE) Pietro brothers Spectrum Mario clone demo: [http://bit.ly/292azxY](http://bit.ly/292azxY) NAS had a Rob the Robot: [http://bit.ly/28RDWjn](http://bit.ly/28RDWjn)

This past week at the Alaska Society for Education (ASTE) conference in Anchorage, I met a whole lot of great people with interesting ideas about education. Two of those people were Nicole Fuerst and Matthew Turner, who collaborated on a set of presentations at ASTE exhibiting their experience with and the promise in using badges and gamification for K-12 education. Their practice, as well as their proposals, were grounded in the works of Sebastian Deterding and Richard Bartle, both of whom come up in the podcast.

Welcome to Show 101! This week we spend time contrasting Star Wars the Old Republic and World of Warcraft.  After that we discuss evil versus good in SWTOR.  This week we also revisit the subject started by Dr. Richard Bartle in Show 101 freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds.  We finish up the show with a brief discussion on yellow journalism. 1.     1. A day late and 26.95 shorter - Returning to World of Warcraft 2.     2. Cut Scenes in WoW and SWTOR 3.     3. Story in SWTOR and WoW 4.     4.  Linear Questing In WoW and Star Wars the Old Republic 5.     5. A very Grinch Christmas in Azeroth 6.     6. It’s my party and I’ll leave when I want to 7.     7.  Evil is as evil does -  Evil versus good in SWTOR  (The return of Good Nun/Bad Nun) 8.     8. The freedom to be yourself in virtual worlds (revisited) 9.     9. What is a “Sith” anyway? 10.  10. Yellow Journalism Articles Cited: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/raph-koster-immersion-is-not-a-core-game-virtue/ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-30-lucasarts-to-take-around-35-percent-of-old-republic-revenue-report http://pc.ign.com/articles/114/1147536p1.html http://n4g.com/news/907301/physical-copies-of-star-wars-the-old-republic-sold-out-on-origin via Forbes.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setView/news/gameId/367/showArticle/23086 http://www.mmocrunch.com/2012/01/03/swtor-uk-sales-plummet-after-one-week/ http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2012/01/swtor-sold-out.html   http://torwars.com/2012/01/10/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-swtor-sales-in-the-uk/

Welcome to show 100!Literally months in the making coordinating schedules with guests from all over the world.  The best of the best moments of the past 100 shows.  This show includes community guests, industry professionals and even Dr. Richard Bartle! See you online,Julie and FranPart 1Music:1. Star Wars Theme, Paul Barnet2. La Grange, ZZ Top – Scott Hartsman3. Hang on St. Christopher, Tom Waits – Shannon Posniewski4. Life in the Fast Lane, Eagles – Bill RoperTopics: 1. Women in games and women gamers2. EA joins Sony in trying to waive their liability.3. Is the Subscription model DOA?4. The wrong way to go free 2 play5. Should developers go mobile or go home?Guests: Darren from Catholic Gamer, Brent from Virgin Worlds and Karen Bryan from MassivelyPart 2:  with R.W. HarperMusic:1. Concerning Hobbits,  Marie Croall2. Bill Roper phone call Blondie Call me bit3. Low Rider, Funcom community managers4. Star Wars Sith Theme, Paul Barnett5. Alganon Developers, Life in the fast laneSubjects: 1. Star Wars the Old RepublicPart 3: with Dr. Richard BartleMusic:1. Soul Man, James Brown, Dr. Richard Bartle2. Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top, R.W. Harper3. Colin Dwan, ZZ Top, Tush4. Richard Cheese, Star Wars Cantina ParodyTopics:1. The Decline of Virtual Worlds,   Games people play and who pays for them, 2. Virtual Worlds that let players be free to be themselves.3. Survey says puppies play games too.

Welcome to Show 95: This time Julie, Fran and Tipa (of West Karana fame) sit down to talk about Star Wars the Old Republic.  Other tops of conversation include integration of social media and gaming, invasive software and more.  Stay tuned afterwards for a preview of show 100 which will include, Darren Love from Catholic Gamer, Brent from Virgin Worlds and Karen Bryan from Massively, R.W. Harper and none other than Dr. Richard Bartle!  See you online, Julie and Fran

Welcome to Show Number 68! Fallout: New Vegas is discussed, including the talents of Wayne “Mr.Las Vegas” Newton. Fran and Julie see the handwriting on the wall (itspells net neutrality). Also discussed - World of Warcraft, TheTransformers mmo, Bill Roper, Medal of Honor, Star Wars, Blue Ray andlaser disks the size of a tire on a buick. The topics of the week are Guild Wars 2, including the dynamic eventssystem, and Julie decides that it really could be the future of mmos.Next we talk about World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion.  We savethe best for last and spend a few minutes with Dr. Richard Bartle andchat about his upcoming award as a legend of gaming. Julie and Fran Sites we discuss on the show:blog.weflyspitfires.com/biobreak.wordpress.com/usuallyfine.blogspot.com/www.tgdaily.com/

Welcome to Show Number 46! The week we talk about Aion Online.Following that we sit down for a little chat with Giskard, of TheEngineering Guild modding community, about multiplayer games and theupcoming game Dragon Age: Origins.  After that we are pleased to bringyou the first in a series of interviews with none other than Dr.Richard Bartle (to whom I give a long overdue on air apology).See you online,Julie Whitefeather

Cisco Live! brings us a panel discussion about Virtual Worlds for Education led by John Jainschigg with panelists Richard Bartle, Essex University; Sarah Robbins, Director of Emerging Technologies, Kelley Executive Partners; Charles Fadel, Global Lead for Education, Cisco Systems; & Joe Nutt, Senior Education Specialist, RM.Cisco Tech Talks

Welcome to show 37!This week we have short-shorts (the news type not nuns wearingshort-shorts) and we talk about the new Land of the Dead content inWarhammer Online.We also talk about gaming, Richard Bartle, blogging and anything elsethat came to our minds with Saylah from Mystic Worlds and Tipa fromWest Karana.The land of the dead pictures we spoke about will be linked in the show thread.Julie and Fran

The three surviving M-Team members discuss the state of WAR, the KOTAR MMO, Richard Bartle laments the lack of MUD coverage, and more.

This week’s show: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggeratedTopics include:1.) Just who the heck is “Julie Whitefeather” anyway?2.) Why is a nun doing a podcast? Is she really a nun?3.) Yes, Virginia there is a reason for an NDA and this it.4.) Hoisted on a “publisher’s petard”5.) Why Rob Pardo is still “The Man”6.) Why I could care less what Richard Bartle thinks.7.) Going to Hellgate in a handbasket

Jonathan Freedland talks to MUD creator Richard Bartle about issues of identity in the virtual worlds.

This weekend the first annual Indie MMO Game Development Conference was held in Minneapolis, MN. Adam from the Maelstrom Podcast joins Brent to discuss the event in detail. Richard Bartle, Brian Green, Kelly Rued, Celia Pearce and Robert Rice were among the noted presenters.  VirginWorlds is a weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Vanguard, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com