Raph 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

Raph 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.