The Bartle taxonomy of player types
The Bartle taxonomy of player types is a system for classifying and labeling types of video game players based on a 1996 paper by Richard Bartle, the co-creator of MUDs (multi-user dungeons). It’s not...
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Don’t Starve Together
Don’t Starve Together is a multiplayer survival game built on the standalone single-player game Don’t Starve that is equal parts friendly and unforgiving. The goal is pretty simple: don’t starve.
Rocket League
Rocket League, or as I’ve called it since it came out, Soccer Cars, is a game where you literally play soccer with cars. It’s not a complex concept to grasp and it’s not a...
Overcooked
Overcooked is, naturally, a cooking simulation game where you must work together as a team to keep your food from burning and setting the kitchen on fire. It may make or break your relationship....
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released in 2004 and still. keeps. going. It was introduced as a counter to Everquest and other more intense MMOs –...
Overcoming anxiety & nausea to play games with your significant other
Recently, a good friend of mine has been frustrated because her fiance spends his free time gaming and it’s a hobby she’s not into. In her words, “It’s a key part of his identity...
Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity: Original Sin is a turn-based fantasy RPG where you and another person, or just you, control two Source Hunters investigating a murder. Source is a form of magic in this world and Source...
