Raph Koster
Raph Koster
Raphael "Raph" Kosteris an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely recognized for his work as the lead designer of Ultima Online and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies. From 2006 until 2013 he worked as the founder and president of Metaplaceproducing a Facebook game platform...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 September 1971
CountryUnited States of America
awful fact time wake
It's time to wake up to the fact that you're just another avatar in someone else's MMO. Worse: From where they stand, all-powerful Big Data analysts that they are, you look an awful lot like a bot.
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It's about who owns the servers. The servers that store your metrics. The servers that shout the ads. The servers that transmit your chat. The servers that geofence your every movement.
life-is-too-short feelings ifs
When do you do things for the love of it? Always. If you're not feeling that, go do something else. Life is too short.
games drug
In other words, with games, learning is the drug.
player years games
The single-player game is a strange mutant monster which has only existed for 21 years and is about to go away because it is unnatural and abnormal.
fun
Fun is just another word for learning.
fun keys sharks
There's a good case to be made that having fun is a key evolutionary advantage right next to opposable thumbs in terms of importance. Without that little chemical twist in our brains that makes us enjoy learning new things, we might be more like the sharks and ants of the world.
fun games drug
Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug.