014: Why Do YOU Play Games?
Psychology of Video Games Podcast
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The Four Types of People Who Play Virtual Worlds for Fun
Bartle's four-part taxonomy caught on and it still talked about today. The killers, he said, want to compete with other people. Socializers play to interact with others in less violent ways. Explorers get joy from finding new areas or from story material. Achievers just generally seek to make numbers go up.
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