An Introduction to Game Studies

This is the classic paper that is often quoted in studies into online player typologies, online sociology and player psychology:

Bartle, Richard (1996) ‘Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs’. The Journal of Virtual Environments, 1(1). Online:

• http://www.brandeis.edu/pubs/jove/HTML/v1/bartle.html
• http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm

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