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Raph Koster

What Raph Koster thinks about Addiction

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Game designer and theorist. Lead designer of Ultima Online and creative director of Star Wars Galaxies, author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design, and founder of Playable Worlds. Has written about game design, virtual worlds and online communities at raphkoster.com since 1998.

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  1. Our readingA profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it.

    Their wordsThe profit motive is incredibly powerful and will keep players engaging in your experience well past the point of actual enjoyment.

    ↗What drives retentionraphkoster.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  2. 6 years earlier

  3. Our readingFree-to-play games use the same techniques as gambling machines in order to maximise what players spend and how long they stay.

    Their wordsIn the sense that social games make use of many of the same techniques as gambling games do in order to maximize financial spend and retention, yes.

    ↗Social games vs gamblingraphkoster.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  5. Our readingA slot machine triggers the brain’s learning and curiosity pathways while teaching nothing, and that one-way exchange is what makes it contemptuous of the player.

    curiosity

    Their wordsSlot machines don’t teach you anything; they trigger the learning and curiosity pathways without actually giving you a benefit in return.

    ↗Social games vs gamblingraphkoster.com 2nd of 2 in this piece