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Theory of Fun
- zach 20y agoRaph Koster's stuff is boring as hell for me and I get nothing insightful or novel out of it. Having read his endless article series in Game Developer, it came as no surprise he would publish a title like "A Theory of Fun." Probably a decent guy, but I wouldn't hire him.
- JMiao 20y agoOne of my favorite books -- can be a bit long at times, but the point is excellent nonetheless. Zach, I don't believe Raph's looking for a job.
- zach 20y agoGood for him. I haven't heard what he's been up to since he was working on Star Wars Galaxies.
- JMiao 20y agoI believe he openly admitted his failures with Galaxies. A few of my former colleagues were quite close to the matter, and Galaxies was definitely an organization-wide failure. Raph was far removed from actual design duties when Galaxies started to croak. Btw, Raph's got a Charles River-backed startup called Areae. It's doing some pretty cool things if you're interested in virtual worlding and web interaction.
- zach 20y agoIf it involves story and gameplay, I'm interested. If it's just virtual worlds and interaction, then no. But I'll check it out, thanks for the tip.
- JMiao 20y agoBtw, danw, did you get this from reading my iminlikewithyou profile? :-)
- JMiao 20y agoThe question now begs: Zach, did you vote me down because you don't agree with me? Because I certainly didn't do anything of the sort to you.