ART 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Game Studies, Robert Falcon Scott, Bartle Taxonomy Of Player Types
10 May 2016
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Outside gaming experience: 10: list of valid experiences on d2l. Lydians, adopted plans to get through famine by playing games to distract themselves from hunger for 50% of their lives for 18 years. Guy in korea, played games for 55 hours straight and refused to stop, died from kidney failure. Gaming more addictive than heroine (social life plays large role in ability to recover from gaming or heroine addictions) You play to get something out of it. Achiever, explorer, socializer, killer: earlier division of game players. Robert falcon scott: tried to be first to south pole (achiever, b. s. haldane, biologist, had fun exploring and experimenting (explorer) Louis xvi (his court: french aristocracy go the versailles, play games for the king, poison/murder others for minor social advancements (socializer) David duerson: competitive football, suffered many concussions, killed self and donated brain to finding concussion affects, victory > life (killers) Proven game therapy, tetris helps ppl cope with depression.
