[Valhalla]

Summary: The author goes into the different implied languages spoken among hierarchies and systems in which power is fluid. He comes up with classifications for the players (Sociopaths, Losers, Clueless), their "currency" (information), and how they exchange or don't exchange that information (4 talking forms).

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the...-gametalk/

It's a very long essay if you'd like to read the other parts, but this part is easily digestible.