Gametype

Many varieties of gametype exist and are in use in popular and obscure games – but as we explore the issue of virtual worlds, it's only really the gametypes that use some form of 'interactive fiction' that concern us.

For each parameter value of a we distinguish four different gametypes. The setup of the experiment was designed in such a way that each player played four times each of the four possible gametypes (H,H), (H,L), (L,H), and (L,L), […]