Koster Quotes & Sayings

That's what games are, in the end. Teachers. Fun is just another word for learning. — Raph Koster

If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed. — Arthur Lydiard

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

Allen Anderson speaks from the heart about subjects he loves; this enthralls audiences everywhere. His outlook is realistic but invariably positive, encouraging everyone to expect the best. Audience feedback is replete with superlatives. — Henry 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

I made a ton of money. — John Catsimatidis

I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support. — Mary Gaitskill

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. — Grady Booch

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

Only where there is language is there world.
- Martin Heidegger — Louis Koster

I am a butterfly drunk with life. I don't know where to soar, but I won't allow life to clip my beautiful wings. — Janusz Korczak

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

A careful fake is better than the truth. The truth lacks realism. — R.M. Koster