Episode 41: The Duquesne Taxonomy of Theme Park Guests

Join Alice and Buddy as they explore a new way of thinking about guests at a theme park—dubbed lovingly (and somewhat jokingly) the Duquesne Taxonomy of Theme Park Guests. This idea comes to us from Richard Bartle, a game designer and researcher, who coined his popular Bartle Taxonomy of Players in 1996. How do parks differ from games through this lens? How can categorizing guests aid in design choices?

Also featuring the second appearance of Duquesne’s Mad Labyrinth!

All this and more on this scholarly episode of Those Happy Places!

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Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode: Bummin on Tremolo, Long Stroll, Folk Round, Apero Hour, Babylon, No Good Layabout, Bossa Antigua, Samba Isobel, Awesome Call, Mighty Like Us, Deuces, Off to Osaka