What Raph Koster thinks about education
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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2 dated positions, 2023 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Raph Koster has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsPeople learn best when the problem they are tackling is right past the edge of what they can do.
↗Game design is simple, actuallyraphkoster.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 2 years earlier
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Our readingA puzzle whose categories can only be seen by the broadly educated is elitist by construction.
Their wordsBut it’s fundamentally elitist — it basically requires you to have a broad education to find the categories in the first place.
↗Why NYT’s Connections makes you feel badraphkoster.com 1st of 2 in this piece