Raph Koster

@raphkoster

Game designer: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, & more. Writer: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Speaker: lots.

San Diego CA
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Joined February 2009
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    29 Jul 2020

    Super happy to announce my first published tabletop title :D

    U.S. publisher has announced a 2021 release for Waddle, a game from & in which you need to get penguins moving in the right direction in order to score. BGG game page: —WEM
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  2. Mar 18

    The production quality on this is amazing, did a great job! I apparently talked a lot more than I remember, but if you want 1hr45m on metaverse and tech extrapolation and a *teeny* bit on Playable Worlds ;) check it out!

    Have you heard the term Metaverse recently? Is it just a buzzword used to hype an upcoming game or the future of interconnected social interaction? We decided to pose the question to someone who has actually created a Metaverse, MMORPG Legend !
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    Mar 18

    Have you heard the term Metaverse recently? Is it just a buzzword used to hype an upcoming game or the future of interconnected social interaction? We decided to pose the question to someone who has actually created a Metaverse, MMORPG Legend !

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    Mar 17

    It's time for another Playable Profile! Meet Steve, our Lead Character Artist: What disciplines would you like to learn more about in future interviews or articles?

    Playable Profile with Steve, our Lead Character Artist
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    Mar 16

    We're growing our team and have many roles available! See a position you'd be a great fit for? Apply here:

    Playable Worlds is hiring engineers to help work on our sandbox MMORPG built for the cloud.
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    Mar 15

    Our Lead Game Designer, Greg Costikyan, chatted with about his extensive experience working on tabletop games (and even discusses a bit about Playable Worlds!) Check out the interview here:

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  7. Mar 14

    Ack, that was ten years ago already?

    Lockdown London: how the Olympics will turn London into (more of) a police state What is a game? 6/
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    Mar 8

    Happy ! This year’s theme is , which aims to stop bias and discrimination based on a person’s gender. We challenged our team to see how we can help gender equality in the workplace. Check out their answers here:

    I will call out gendered actions or assumptions. - Davina
    I will help forge gender equality by advocating for the hiring of women, especially in leadership roles. - Steve
    I will challenge gendered actions and assumptions. - Jess
    I will help forge gender equality by making job descriptions and the hiring process more inviting to all candidates. - Patrick
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    Mar 1

    Playable Worlds is hiring! Learn more about who we are and apply at the link above!

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    Feb 23

    If you’re a product designer, you need to understand systems design. Here are 5 timeless principles of from game designer , to help you bring complex products to life. WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO:

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  11. Feb 19

    I have the original edition but couldn’t pass up the new hardcover.

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  12. Feb 8

    I don't generally call out other devs, but... please, do some research! These lessons are widely available, and not following them leads to actual harm while you figure out basics.

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  13. Feb 8

    A bit late to this, but... when I saw that Meta had neglected to put a personal bubble on users in their social VR world, I just sort of eyerolled; after all, the rest of social VR figured that out years ago. Then I saw the way they're doing it is with COLLISION. Noooo!

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  14. Jan 27

    A great article summarizing my talk from today's Gamesbeat conference:

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    Jan 27

    Let's get real and chat about the with ' CEO, . In 30 mins, he'll go through his past experience and identify the challenges of building a metaverse, and highlight what it really takes. Join the us here ➡️ .

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    Jan 27

    Catch 's closing Keynote for GamesBeat Into the Metaverse 2. Laying down 44 years of experience in Virtual Worlds. Free:

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    Jan 19

    We're working on an unannounced sandbox MMO and are hiring for a few roles! Check out our open positions and learn more about our team at the link above!

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  18. Jan 14

    As it happens, a sniper is actually one of my common examples. Nobody wants to get shot in a game by a sniper five miles away they never saw and couldn't avoid. It's not fun. We should only chase concurrency, scale, and lofty stats if they enhance user experience.

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  19. Jan 14

    I seem to have mostly "here's why that's hard" quotes in here. That said, let me emphasize: we can make amazing metaverse stuff *without* solving most of these problems. They are not prerequisites!

    An interesting metaverse problem. The DeanBeat: The problem of the sniper and the metaverse
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    Jan 13

    We are thrilled to announce as one of our keynote presenters for ! Raph Koster is the CEO of Playable Worlds, an award-winning game designer and virtual community expert, and the author of the classic book A Theory of Fun for Game Design.

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  21. Jan 13

    Yum, sometimes you just need some modern oldschool fun. The couch co-op is the cherry on top. :)

    Xbox Wire: Guntech 2 is a New Retro-Style Space Shooter with Four-Player Couch Co-op
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