Richard Bartle and Richard Garriott: How humans should treat advanced AI characters
Pretty soon, we might all be the new citizens of the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels...
The DeanBeat: Our Metaverse Forum takes a shot at defining the metaverse
GamesBeat and Subspace banded together to create the Metaverse Forum some weeks ago, and we got about 60 people from the industry to join...
The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem
I’m very proud that we were able to create an original event around the metaverse this week and that it received good attention in...
The ethics of the metaverse
Richard Bartle hopes the metaverse will be a place where we can be our best selves, and where the operators of the virtual universe...
Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith, Geoff Keighley, Siobhan Reddy to light up GamesBeat metaverse event
We have a multiverse of speakers coming to our metaverse event, GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse. A couple of our latest speakers include Cyberpunk...
Richard Bartle interview: How game developers should think about sapient AI characters
Richard Bartle is one of the leading academics on video games and is a senior lecturer and honorary professor of computer game design at...
Game academic Richard Bartle investigates why players quit games
Richard Bartle became famous in game circles in the 1990s when he identified the four basic players in online games: killers, socializers, achievers, and...
The DeanBeat: Game industry’s leaders share more wisdom
Summer used to be a slow time for games. After the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game industry show in Los Angeles, everybody...
MMO gamers and tea drinkers can teach you about engaging with your online community
The lessons from online games and virtual communities are taking over. Here's how they can help your company.
What sales managers can learn from the four types of online gamers
Gamifying sales makes a lot of sense, so you should understand the types of gamers.