"Fun is just another word for learning."

--

Source : Raph Koster (2013). “Theory of Fun for Game Design”, p.46, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Raph Koster

“Never take advice from someone you wouldn't trade places with.”
“It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.”
“I happen to love engineering. I love figuring things out in a spatial sense, that whole realm of working with mechanical parts, and the relationship of the parts, and things like ratios and the speeds of particular objects.”
“I am a patriot and I want to see this country [the USA] soar again.”
“In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find out what you really think or who you are.”
“You can either be a Host to God, or a Hostage to your ego!”
“Hurt, he'll never be hurt--he's made to hurt other people.”
“I had many, many, many death threats. I couldn't open letters for a long time, because they all had to be opened by either the FBI or somebody. I couldn't open letters. I had to be escorted. In fact, just recently I went to a funeral, Calvin Wardlaw, who was the detective -- the policeman -- with me for two years, passed away just recently. He and I got to be bosom buddies really, but that was the hardest part. I wasn't able to enjoy -- you know.”

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