<story><title>Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs</title><url>http://nautil.us/blog/how-video-games-satisfy-basic-human-needs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TeMPOraL</author><text>Wow, the original &amp;quot;4 types of players&amp;quot; paper is really, really good and also very detailed. Makes some interesting observations about the dynamics of those types of players in a shared game world.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mud.co.uk&amp;#x2F;richard&amp;#x2F;hcds.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mud.co.uk&amp;#x2F;richard&amp;#x2F;hcds.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I seem to be closest to the explorer type. I always liked single player games more, and I prefer well-written lore, depth and new things to discover over the mechanics or social aspect.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>shmerl</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; Wow, the original &amp;quot;4 types of players&amp;quot; paper is really, really good and also very detailed.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, it&amp;#x27;s a classic. It&amp;#x27;s even called Bartle taxonomy, after the author: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_types&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Bartle_taxonomy_of_player_type...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Video Games Satisfy Basic Human Needs</title><url>http://nautil.us/blog/how-video-games-satisfy-basic-human-needs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TeMPOraL</author><text>Wow, the original &amp;quot;4 types of players&amp;quot; paper is really, really good and also very detailed. Makes some interesting observations about the dynamics of those types of players in a shared game world.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mud.co.uk&amp;#x2F;richard&amp;#x2F;hcds.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mud.co.uk&amp;#x2F;richard&amp;#x2F;hcds.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I seem to be closest to the explorer type. I always liked single player games more, and I prefer well-written lore, depth and new things to discover over the mechanics or social aspect.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wildpeaks</author><text>Extra Credits had two episodes on that exact topic last year:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=yxpW2ltDNow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=yxpW2ltDNow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1drDuaQXm_U&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=1drDuaQXm_U&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>