Richard Bartle
You are browsing the Richard Bartle tag archive.
A Virtual Worlds Primer
By Wendy on April 24, 2009
Introduction
This section of the Virtual Worlds Primer provides an overview – what virtual worlds are, what they are used for and who uses them.
Posted in Virtual Worlds Primer | Tagged business models, Club Penguin, communities, demographics, Education, history, Ren Reynolds, Richard Bartle, second life, simulation, training, universities, Virtual Worlds
Primer: What types of virtual world are there?
By Wendy on April 24, 2009
For clarity and the sake of comparison, our Primer splits virtual worlds into three types: game, social and tools. This section looks in detail at each of these types of virtual world.
Posted in Virtual Worlds Primer | Tagged basics, Game Worlds, indie games, introduction, MTV, MUD, Richard Bartle, sex, social worlds, Sociolotron, structure, taxonomy, There.com, Trubshaw, virtual world tools, world building
Bartle
By Ren Reynolds on April 10, 2009
Richard Bartle
Richard is Visiting Professor of Computer Game Design in the Department of Computing and Electronic Systems, University of Essex. Richard co-wrote the first virtual world, MUD, in 1978; he has thus been at the forefront of the industry from its very inception. He divides his time equally between being an industry consultant and an [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Richard Bartle, Speaker
DISE:08: Virtual Worlds, Games, Industry & Education
By Ren Reynolds on August 12, 2008
Event: DISE:08
Session: Virtual Worlds, Games, Industry & Education
12 August 2008
Posted in 2. DISE08, Business & Innovation, Education | Tagged AI, Austin Tate, CCP, Disaster, Edinburgh, EvE, Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Gianna Cassidy, Glasgow, Hanna Sommerseth, John Sutherland, Music, Ren Reynolds, Richard Bartle, Skill Set | Leave a response
DIS:E’08
By Ren Reynolds on July 30, 2008
the Virtual Policy Network is in festival mood. Our next event is the Digital Interactive Symposium: Edinburgh (DIS:E) – a half day event organized in conjunction with The University of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Interactive Festival.
This year’s DIS:E will focus on education and training for the games and virtual world industries.
See events for more information.
Posted in News, Policy, UK, tVPN | Tagged Richard Bartle
Virtual Policy ‘08: Richard Bartle
By Ren Reynolds on July 23, 2008
Event: Virtual Policy ‘08
Session: Richard Bartle
22 July 2008 17:00 – 17:30 Conference Key Note
Posted in 3. VP08, Governance | Tagged Design, Governance, MUD, Richard Bartle