Richard Bartle

Richard Bartle
Bartle in 2011
Born (1960-01-10) 10 January 1960 (age 64)
Ripon, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)writer, professor, game researcher
Known forMUD1
Designing Virtual Worlds
SpouseGail Bartle
ChildrenJennifer Bartle, Madeleine Bartle
Websitehttp://mud.co.uk/richard/

Richard Allan Bartle (born 10 January 1960) is a British writer, professor and game researcher[1] in the massively multiplayer online game industry.[2][3] He co-created MUD1 (the first MUD) in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book Designing Virtual Worlds.

  1. ^ "Richard Bartle: we invented multiplayer games as a political gesture". Guardian. 17 November 2014.
  2. ^ Radoff, Jon (April 2011). Game On: Energize Your Business with Social Media Games. p. 36. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-93626-9
  3. ^ "Game academic Richard Bartle investigates why players quit games". Venture Beat. 15 July 2017.

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