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. — Raph Koster Copy Share Image
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.… — Raph Koster Copy Share
“That’s what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning.” — Raph Koster Copy Share
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.… — Raph Koster Copy Share
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… — Raph Koster Copy Share
“Noise is any pattern we don't understand. [...] If we perceive something as noise, it's most likely a failure of ourselves, not a failure… — Raph Koster Copy Share
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… — Raph Koster Copy Share
Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In… — Raph Koster Copy Share
“Consider the games that get all the attention lately: shooters,* fighting games,* and war games. They are not subtle about their love of power.… — Raph Koster Copy Share
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. — Raph Koster Copy Share
