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Quotes by Raph Koster

Those of us who want games to be fun are fighting a losing battle against the human brain because fun is a process and routine is its destination.

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In the end, if I can say with a straight face after a day’s work making games that one person out there learned to be a better leader, a better parent, a better co-worker, learned a new skill that kept her her job, a new skill that helped him advance the state of the art in his chosen field, a new skill that made their her grow a little… Then I will know that my work was valuable. It was worthwhile. It was a contribution to society.

– Raph Koster
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Games are not stories (though players can create stories from them).

– Raph Koster
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Games tend to be experiential teaching. Stories teach vicariously.

– Raph Koster
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By and large, people don’t play with game systems because of the stories. The stories that wrap the systems are usually side dishes for the brain. For one thing, it has been rare to see a game story written by an actual writer. As a result, they are usually around the high-school level of literary sophistication at best.

– Raph Koster
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