Richard Bartle Email and Phone Number

Richard Bartle is a Visiting Professor at University of Essex. He possess expertise in teaching, due diligence, troubleshooting, designing, research and 18 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Richard is an amazing talent, a deep thinker, and a founding parent of the virtual world experience that is just now coming of age for the mainstream. Every time I interact with him on a professional basis I am impressed at what his academic background and historical perspective on virtual social spaces adds to understanding constructing virtual worlds. Long before I met Richard, I was using his first analysis of player types and motivations to guide my own game designs, and I used his continuing research into player immersion (from his book) as a basis for additional research that is guiding games we are developing at Hidden Path Entertainment. I was very pleased that Richard could produce some specific creative content for the Wits and Wagers game on Xbox Live Arcade – not only did he immediately grasp the intent and style of the questions – he worked fast and created some memorable gems for the game. Richard is a light of creativity and deep knowledge coupled with the ability to package and present information to a much broader audience. I consider Richard a valuable asset as a consultant or colleague and look forward to any opportunity to work with him again."