For our giant-sized episode the group turns the camera around and discusses different types of gamers, what makes us tick, and what we get out of games. Robert, Zack and Angela take two tests of gamer psychology/motivation and discuss the results. Play along at home!

Bartle’s Taxonomy of Player Types: https://matthewbarr.co.uk/bartle/

Quantic Foundry Gamer Motivation Profile: https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/surveys/start/gamerprofile/

Timestamps:0:00 - Introductions and what we’ve been playing.

25:10 - Introducing the two tests.

28:08 - Zack’s Bartle Taxonomy results.

32:44 - Angela’s Bartle Taxonomy results.

41:33 - Robert’s Bartle Taxonomy results.

54:42 - Zack’s Quantic Foundry results.

1:08:52 - Angela’s Quantic Foundry results.

1:20:38 - Robert’s Quantic Foundry results.

1:32:31 - Why take these tests? Deciding how seriously to take this, and expressing some discomfort with The Algorithm.