Raph Koster Quotes & Sayings

That's what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning. — 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 a failure of the universe. — 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, all-powerful Big Data analysts that they are, you look an awful lot like a bot. — 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 your chat. The servers that geofence your every movement. — 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 it is unnatural and abnormal. — Raph Koster

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. — 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 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. — 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 too short. — Raph Koster