Richard Bartle Explained

Richard Bartle
Honorific Suffix:FBCS FRSA
Birth Date:10 January 1960
Birth Place:Ripon, England
Spouse:Gail Bartle
Children:Jennifer Bartle, Madeleine Bartle
Known For:MUD1
Designing Virtual Worlds
Occupation:writer, professor, game researcher
Nationality:British
Website:http://mud.co.uk/richard/

Richard Allan Bartle FBCS FRSA (born 10 January 1960) is a British writer, professor and game researcher[1] in the massively multiplayer online game industry.[2] [3] He co-created MUD1 (the first MUD) in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book Designing Virtual Worlds.

Life and career

In 1988, Bartle received a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Essex, where as an undergraduate, he created MUD1 with Roy Trubshaw in 1978.[4]

He lectured at Essex until 1987, when he left to work full-time on MUD (known as MUD2 in its present version). Recently he has returned to the university as a part-time professor and principal teaching fellow in the Department of Computing and Electronic Systems, supervising courses on computer game design as part of the department's degree course on computer game development.[5]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

In 2003, he wrote Designing Virtual Worlds, a book about the history, ethics, structure, and technology of massively multiplayer games.

Bartle is also a contributing editor to Terra Nova, a collaborative blog that deals with virtual world issues.

Bartle did research on player types of enjoyments in MUDs. In Bartle's analysis, MUD players can be divided into four archetypes: achievers, explorers, socializers and killers.[6] This idea has been adapted into an online test generally referred to as the Bartle Test,[7] which is quite popular, with scores often exchanged on massively multiplayer online games forums and networking sites.[8]

Personal life

, Bartle was reported as living in a village near Colchester, England, with his wife Gail and their two children Jennifer and Madeleine. [9]

Bartle is an atheist and a patron of Humanists UK.[10] [11]

Awards

Works

Games

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Richard Bartle: we invented multiplayer games as a political gesture. November 17, 2014. Guardian.
  2. Radoff, Jon (April 2011). Game On: Energize Your Business with Social Media Games. p. 36. Wiley.
  3. News: Game academic Richard Bartle investigates why players quit games. July 15, 2017. Venture Beat.
  4. Bartle, R: "Interactive Multi-User Computer Games", section 1.5; Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
  5. Web site: University of Essex Module Details – EE224-5-FY: Computer Games Architecture and Design. 31 January 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090204085409/http://www.essex.ac.uk/courses/default.aspx?coursecode=EE224&level=5&period=FY. 4 February 2009. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Bartle, R. Players Who Suit MUDs. 2009-01-05.
  7. Web site: Random Dialogue: You Shuffle, I'll Deal(archived). 26 April 2004. 31 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071223023405/http://www.mmorpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10053&ID=951 . 23 December 2007.
  8. Web site: Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology. 31 January 2009.
  9. Book: Mulligan . Jessica . Patrovsky . Bridgette . 2003 . Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide . New Riders . 1-59273-000-0 . xix.
  10. Web site: Dr. Richard Bartle. Humanists UK. 30 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Richard Bartle > Quotes. goodreads. 2 July 2017. Since I'm an atheist, and have no belief whatsoever in life after death, I couldn't care less -- it's not like it'll have any impact on me, since by definition I will be completely extinguished. I guess if someone twisted my arm and forced me to provide an epitaph, it would be 'Don't forget.' Sound advice....
  12. Web site: 2021-04-27 . Archive - 5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards . 2022-04-18 . Game Developers Choice Awards . en-US.
  13. Web site: The First Annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards.
  14. Web site: Waving Hands from Duel Purpose. 25 September 2016 .
  15. Web site: Spellbinder.
  16. Web site: Spunky Princess . 2022-04-18 . www.youhaventlived.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805160546/https://www.youhaventlived.com/spunkyprincess/spunkyprincess.htm . 2020-08-05.
  17. Book: Bartle, Richard A. . 2022-01-03 . How to Be a God: A Guide for Would-Be Deities . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220129232959/https://mud.co.uk/richard/How%20to%20Be%20a%20God.pdf . 2022-01-29 . 2022-04-18 . mud.co.uk. West Bergholt, Essex . NotByUs . 978-0-9556494-9-3 . 1295679170 .

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