Raph Koster

There's a good case to be made that having fun is a key evolutionary advantage right next to opposable thumbs in terms…

— Raph Koster

“That’s what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning.”

— Raph Koster

Fun is just another word for learning.

— Raph Koster

In other words, with games, learning is the drug.

— Raph Koster

It's about who owns the servers. The servers that store your metrics. The servers that shout the ads. The servers that transmit…

— Raph Koster

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,…

— Raph Koster

“Noise is any pattern we don't understand. [...] If we perceive something as noise, it's most likely a failure of ourselves, not…

— Raph Koster

The single-player game is a strange mutant monster which has only existed for 21 years and is about to go away because…

— Raph Koster

Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games…

— Raph Koster

“Consider the games that get all the attention lately: shooters,* fighting games,* and war games. They are not subtle about their love…

— Raph Koster

When do you do things for the love of it? Always. If you're not feeling that, go do something else. Life is…

— Raph Koster