Music created with Per Nyblom’s Abundant Music. Player segments based on gamer motivations. Why We Play Games: Four Keys to More Emotion Without Story. At Least Nine Ways to Play: Approaching Gamer Mentalities. Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs. Rockstar’s Dan Houser would still love to make another Bully game. Kröger (Eds.), Multiplayer: The Social Aspects of Digital Gaming.Ĭrecente, B. After recapping what we’ve been playing lately, we explore player typologies: what are some of the ways that researchers have tried to understand player motivations and preferences? We take Quantic Foundry’s gamer motivation profile survey and discuss our results.Īnimal Crossing, Bully, Greedfall, Moons of Madness, The Call of Cthulu, The Forgotten City, Spyro Reimaginedīartle, R. In this episode Jordana provides an analysis of the game Bully.