Interesting Gaming Study

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:35 pm

http://blog.brainhex.com/I highly suggest you take the test BEFORE reading any details about the results-classifications. They contain info that could tip the scales, whether intentionally or subconsciously.

It's a study looking into why people like particular types of games, and the physiological means by which those different types of games are "fun."

I'm in the "Mastermind-Seeker" category. http://onlyagame.typepad.com/b....htmlInterestingly, my sub-type is predominantly made up of casual gamers...I'm in the 17% of "hardcore" mastermind gamers. Maybe that explains why there are so few genuinely good puzzle-based games out there...everyone's writing for casual gamers instead of me.I listed Half-Life, Stratego, and X-Com as the 3 games that best exemplify what I look for in a game.

Your BrainHex Class is Mastermind.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Mastermind-Seeker.

You like solving puzzles and devising strategies as well as finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Commitment: You dislike being asked to complete everything, preferring to pick and choose which tasks you will attempt, or simply messing around with a game.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Mastermind: 20
Seeker: 17
Survivor: 14
Conqueror: 11
Daredevil: 6
Socialiser: 3
Achiever: -4

The "messing around" comment is particularly accurate. Much of the time, I end up ignoring the intended story progression of a game in order to just screw around and see what the game's possibilities are.

It can help to know your "Myers-Briggs" type (Jungian classification...you can just google Myers-Briggs and find pretty quick tests online to tell you what type you are), but it's not absolutely necessary. (I'm apparently an INTJ, fwiw).

Curious to see how other NICO members classify. I know I'm an odd man out here much of the time, as NICO's gaming forum is much more "what's the latest online console [x genre] game" vs my PC-centric ultra-pickiness and single-player bent. My guess is that most NICOnauts will fall under the "Conquerer-Socializer" sub-type, with a few (like Hash) coming in as Achiever-Seekers.

Post by **hatchback240** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:49 pm

i'm a daredevil-seeker, thought it scored it pretty accurately. pretty cool find you posted MoD, thanks

Post by **Hijacker** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:18 am

I came out as an achiever-mastermind. Not bad since I have an affliction of getting achievements and used to raid lead (and still always end up being group leader in MMO parties)

Post by **marlin29311** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:21 am

I'm a Conqueror-Mastermind.

ENFP, btw.

My scores:

Conqueror: 19Mastermind: 17Daredevil: 15Socialiser: 12Achiever: 9Seeker: 7Survivor: 6

Post by **HashiriyaS14** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:46 am

Here are my results:

Your BrainHex Class is Seeker.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Seeker-Conqueror.

You like finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Seeker: 18Conqueror: 15Achiever: 13Mastermind: 13Daredevil: 10Survivor: 4Socialiser: 2

Go to BrainHex.com to learn more about this player model, and the neurobiological research behind it.

Feel free to take a copy of your BrainHex icon and display it anywhere you wish! Simply right click and choose "save as". All we ask is you provide a link to BrainHex.com anywhere you use our images.

Thanks for taking part in the BrainHex survey!

Post by **mzeo** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:48 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Conqueror.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 19Conqueror: 16Survivor: 14Seeker: 12Mastermind: 11Socialiser: 6Achiever: 5

... Sounds about right. I mostly play racing sims and FPSs

Post by **Dittoz7** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:06 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Socialiser.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Socialiser-Mastermind.

You like hanging around with people you trust and helping people as well as solving puzzles and devising strategies.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Fear: You do not enjoy feeling afraid, preferring to feel safe or in control.

Post by **LocAL_anarchy** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:27 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Survivor.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Survivor-Daredevil.

You like pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats as well as rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Survivor: 20Daredevil: 18Mastermind: 15Seeker: 14Conqueror: 10Achiever: 8Socialiser: 6

cool site...

Post by **BusyBadger** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:01 pm

Nice find! Last time my I had my MBTI done in a certified way I was an ENFJ (good fit for a corporate trainer), but as I've gotten older I've become more introverted and I took one a little while back that said I was an INFJ.

What's odd is that the game study is pretty accurate when you look at an MBTI and your gametype in relation to one another. Someone put a lot of time and effort into that test.

MinisterofDOOM wrote:My guess is that most NICOnauts will fall under the "Conquerer-Socializer" sub-type, with a few (like Hash) coming in as Achiever-Seekers.

I'm an Acheiver-Seeker. I'd liked to have taken this test a few years ago and comapred the results then to my current results. I suppose I could try some sort of reconstruction, but the results would be tainted no matter how hard I tried to recall what kind of gamer I used to be.

Post by **RCA** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:17 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Seeker.Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Seeker-Achiever.

Seeker: 15 Achiever: 14Mastermind: 13Daredevil: 9Survivor: 9Socialiser: 7Conqueror: 5

Seeker“I wonder what's out there...”

- You like finding strange and wonderful things, or finding familiar things.- Your behaviour often shows curiosity, sustained interest, and a love of stimulating your senses.- Your major brain regions are the hippocampus (where memory is co-ordinated) and the various sensory cortices where vision, sound and so forth are processed.- Your chemical messenger is endomorphin, which is chemically related to opium, and has been linked to interest.- If you were an animal, it would be a cat.- Favourite games of Seekers surveyed so far include Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Grim Fandango, Okami, Shadow of the Colossus, and Zelda .

Um acually I have never played those games ^

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:24 am

BusyBadger wrote:What's odd is that the game study is pretty accurate when you look at an MBTI and your gametype in relation to one another. Someone put a lot of time and effort into that test.

Yeah, I was impressed with how well the test fitted with MBTI classification while still remaining accurate for it's own purposes. Definitely a well-developed system.

I'd liked to have taken this test a few years ago and comapred the results then to my current results. I suppose I could try some sort of reconstruction, but the results would be tainted no matter how hard I tried to recall what kind of gamer I used to be.

This comment really got me thinking...I bet I could go back 10 years and still come up with the same results. Why? I wasn't really sure at first...maybe I'm still not. But I have a theory: there have not been any games in the last 10 years that have done anything significant for me as a gamer. Because of that, my outlook as a gamer, and my preferences in games, haven't changed much. X-Com, Diablo, Half Life, GTA, classic Zeldas...none of that has happened in the last 10 years...and all of it is what really set my expectations as a gamer. Not that those games directly shaped my tastes in games...rather they redefined my viewport of what I might be able to experience through games.10 years later, I still play those games, and they are still fun. I play a lot of other games, too, but few are oustanding in that "viewport defining" way. So what I see as "available" in terms of games enjoyment hasn't changed much.

I think that's also reflected in my decreasing satisfaction with games as time goes on. There hasn't been another "Half Life" for me for years now. The last game that really shattered my perspective of games was FEAR...and that was 4 years ago. Before that it was HL2, and before that D2...before that HL and GTA... Those are pretty sparse occurrences.

Hopefully one of this year's many upcoming high-caliber RPGs (Torchlight, Borderlands, Dragon Age) will be a new Half Life. I need a game I can really revel in...something that feels unprecedented. Everything lately has been flat or short or samey. I find myself staring at a desktop full of shortcut icons and feeling like every one of them is lacking that indefinable thing I'm looking for in a game for enjoyment.

Post by **HashiriyaS14** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:02 am

^^+1

I'm pretty much still stuck in 1997. I like single-player JRPG's, traditional fighters, platformers, and single-player sim-style racing games.

The only place where I've had really NEW experiences in the last decade has been in portable games, where the DS & PSP have really opened up new worlds compared to, say, what a GBA could provide.

Post by **positron1** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:25 pm

Great post OP!

Your BrainHex Class is Achiever. Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Achiever-Conqueror.

You like collecting anything you can collect or doing everything you possibly can as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Achiever: 18Conqueror: 18Seeker: 16Mastermind: 14Survivor: 10Daredevil: 6Socialiser: 2

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:21 am

HashiriyaS14 wrote:The only place where I've had really NEW experiences in the last decade has been in portable games, where the DS & PSP have really opened up new worlds compared to, say, what a GBA could provide.

Definitely...the DS and PSP have completely changed gaming on the go. My favorite part about them, without question, is the huge quantity of ports and remakes of beloved classics they've spawned. Of course, the GBA had a hand in this movement as well, but the DS and PSP allowed us to move beyond the SNES era.

Post by **bmike818** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:30 am

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Seeker-Survivor.

You like finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things as well as pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Seeker: 17Survivor: 15Daredevil: 14Mastermind: 12Conqueror: 11Socialiser: 8

Post by **s0m3th1ngAZ** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:43 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Survivor.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Survivor-Seeker.

You like pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats as well as finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Commitment: You dislike being asked to complete everything, preferring to pick and choose which tasks you will attempt, or simply messing around with a game.Survivor: 17Seeker: 17Daredevil: 11Socialiser: 10Conqueror: 8Mastermind: 6Achiever: 0

It seems to me...that games of yesteryear held a much more higher wonder and excitement. I could sit down in front of the SNES and my mom would have to drag me away from it. Now It's hard to even stop to play my Wii for half an hour and still remain focused and entertained. That's wierd because I play more than I ever have...Maybe that's because I've grown up a little bit or something...I must be screwed in the head.

Post by **takethewall** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:15 am

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Mastermind.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as solving puzzles and devising strategies.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 18Mastermind: 17Socialiser: 13Seeker: 10Conqueror: 10Survivor: 8Achiever: 5

Pretty accurate i must say.

Post by **otterman** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:56 am

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror-Mastermind.

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as solving puzzles and devising strategies.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

Â» No Commitment: You dislike being asked to complete everything, preferring to pick and choose which tasks you will attempt, or simply messing around with a game.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Conqueror: 20Mastermind: 16Survivor: 14Seeker: 12Daredevil: 11Socialiser: 6Achiever: 0

Post by **C-Kwik** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:55 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror. Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror-Achiever.

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as collecting anything you can collect or doing everything you possibly can.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Conqueror: 20Achiever: 18Mastermind: 16Socialiser: 12Daredevil: 11Seeker: 8Survivor: 2

Post by **_b.jaye_** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:44 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Mastermind. Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Mastermind-Conqueror.

You like solving puzzles and devising strategies as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Mercy: You rarely if ever care about hurting other players' feelings - mercy is for the weak!

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Mastermind: 19Conqueror: 17Achiever: 13Seeker: 13Daredevil: 8Survivor: 2Socialiser: 0

fyi INTJ

im no social butterfly, but zero seems a little low, lol... i like stomping a** on FPS's as much as the next guy.

nice find

Post by **hitbychance** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:21 pm

mzeo wrote:Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Conqueror.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 19Conqueror: 16Survivor: 14Seeker: 12Mastermind: 11Socialiser: 6Achiever: 5

... Sounds about right. I mostly play racing sims and FPSs

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Conqueror.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 18Conqueror: 15Socialiser: 11Seeker: 11Achiever: 8Survivor: 5Mastermind: 4

Post by **shmex** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:11 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror .

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror - Survivor .

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Post by **TBrack** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:26 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror-Socialiser.

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as hanging around with people you trust and helping people.

Post by **SkinnyKibbles** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:27 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Conqueror.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Conqueror-Survivor

You like defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players as well as pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Post by **mcheddadi** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:17 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Seeker.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Commitment: You dislike being asked to complete everything, preferring to pick and choose which tasks you will attempt, or simply messing around with a game.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 18Seeker: 14Mastermind: 13Socialiser: 10Conqueror: 9Survivor: 4Achiever: -2

Post by **S13_love** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 8:36 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil. Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Conqueror.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 17Conqueror: 17Achiever: 12Seeker: 11Survivor: 9Socialiser: 8Mastermind: 5

Post by **TurboSauce** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:34 am

Your BrainHex Class is Daredevil.

Your BrainHex Class Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Daredevil-Seeker.

You like rushing around at heights or high speed while you are still in control as well as finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things.

Each BrainHex Class also has an Exception, which describes what you dislike about playing games. Your Exceptions are:

» No Fear: You do not enjoy feeling afraid, preferring to feel safe or in control.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Daredevil: 18Seeker: 16Mastermind: 11Conqueror: 9Achiever: 8Socialiser: 7Survivor: 0

Post by **KoopaTroopa** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:43 pm

I got Daredevil Socializer which fits pretty perfectly with my clanning days of halflife's TFC. I was usually the one trying the ridiculous concs or risky flag routes which would get me into trouble.

As a side note this got me thinking about the future of PC shooters and i got kinda sad. I feel like epic FPSers are now leaning more to the consolers with games like halo and cod. They're fun and all but they just don't hold the same impact to me.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:25 pm

KoopaTroopa wrote:As a side note this got me thinking about the future of PC shooters and i got kinda sad. I feel like epic FPSers are now leaning more to the consolers with games like halo and cod. They're fun and all but they just don't hold the same impact to me.

I completely agree. There's no modern FPS that has the same chaotic, panic-stricken feel TFC. Even TF2 doesn't match it...it's so much more orderly and everyone-friendly. Multiplayer FPS games today are about not dying. TFC is about knowing you're going to die but accomplishing as much as possible before that happens. You would never find people obsessing about garbage like kill/death ratios in TFC. That's entirely beside the point.

Post by **troskinatior** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:29 pm

Your BrainHex Class is Socialiser.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Socialiser-Survivor.

You like hanging around with people you trust and helping people as well as pulse-pounding risks and escaping from hideous and scary threats.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

You like hanging around with people you trust, and helping people.

Your behaviour tends to be trusting, and you get angry at those who abuse your trust.

Your major brain region is the hypothalamus, which controls and influences trust and anger.

Your chemical messenger is oxytocin, which is associated with trust and enhances the effects of the reward chemical dopamine.

If you were an animal, it would be a dolphin.

Favourite games of Socialisers surveyed so far include Final Fantasy, Left 4 Dead, Pokémon, Team Fortress 2, and World of Warcraft .

Socialiser: 18Survivor: 17Seeker: 12Daredevil: 11Achiever: 5Mastermind: 5Conqueror: 5

I like Pokemon and world of warfare

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