[Air-L] Bartle Test

Mark Chen markchen at u.washington.edu
Tue Sep 20 11:52:09 PDT 2011


Also, Sebastian Deterding's review of Zichermann's gamification book had in
it some comments on Bartle's player types and included a link to this:
http://gamification-research.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/11-Dixon.pdf
might be handy.

mark

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Mark Chen <markchen at u.washington.edu>wrote:

> Worthwhile in what ways?, I guess is the main question...
>
> But since his work on MUDs, there've been other refinements or alternative
> tests to typify players that have come out over the years, not to mention a
> movement to typify player behavior rather than players themselves.
>
> I think a good example is Nick Yee's taxonomy:
> http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/archives/001298.php?page=2
>
> mark
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:33 AM, katie vizenor <kvizenor at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone has ever used the Bartle test?  I see that the
>> survey seems to be maintained at gamerdna. Is there a way to get a copy of
>> this survey? I am interested in using it (or some modified version of it)
>> to
>> examine the make up of the disability community in Second Life. Has anyone
>> ever used this to look at the difference between user content created
>> worlds
>> vs MMORPGs? How could I get a copy of the survey for use?
>>
>> Is this test even worthwhile?
>>
>> Thanks for any and all help.
>>
>> Katie Vizenor, MA, MLS
>> Anthropology PhD Candidate, University at Buffalo
>> Senior Researcher, American Foundation for the Blind
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Post-Doctoral Scholar | LIFE Center | UW Institute for Science and Math Ed
Advancing Gaming in Innovative Learning Ecologies (AGILE)
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are entirely my fault.



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