Welcome to Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books.
Welcome to Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books.

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Part One: The Play’s the Thing

Hamlet, Act ii, Sc 2.

In which we attempt a definition of what virtual worlds are, discuss what has been done before in their name, how to evaluate what you do, and what the populace of these worlds is like

 

Child's Play


A Theory of Fun
for Game Design

Cover of A Theory of Fun

Press

Excerpts

Buy from Amazon


After the Flood

Cover for After the Flood CD

Available on CD
$14.99


More stuff to buy

Gratuitous Penguin 2006 Wall Calendar

Gratuitous Penguin 2006 Wall Calendar
$18.99


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LegendMUD

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"The world the way they thought it was..."