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A MODEST PROPOSAL
lotro-chronicles.blogspot.com - 8/11/2009
A MODEST PROPOSAL
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Richard Bartle, a British writer and game designer, was the co-author of MUD, the first multi-user dungeon and according to Wikipedia, “one of the pioneers of the massively multiplayer online game industry” . He is also the designer of the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology, which uses a series of ...
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