Skip to content
Raph Koster

Raph Koster

Game designer, author, speaker

  • BlogExpand
    • Blog Home
    • Recommended posts 1998-2012
    • Recommended posts 2012-2017
    • Recommended posts, 2017-2025
  • Game DesignExpand
    • Game Design Home
    • A Theory of Fun site
    • Presentations
    • Essays
    • Interviews and panels
    • Snippets
    • Laws of Online World Design
    • The Online World Timeline
    • MMO History Links
  • BooksExpand
    • All the Books
    • Postmortems
    • Theory of Fun
    • Sunday Poems
    • Other writingExpand
      • Fiction
      • Poetry
      • Lit Crit
  • MusicExpand
    • My Music
    • After the FloodExpand
      • Amazon
      • iTunes
      • Spotify
    • Listen
    • Instruments and tunings
  • ArtExpand
    • Art Home
    • Pencils
    • Pen and Ink
    • Cartoons
    • Digital Art
    • Doodles
  • About RaphExpand
    • About Me
    • CV
    • Contact Raph
    • Press kit
    • HobbiesExpand
      • Emulation
      • Fish tanks
Raph Koster
Raph Koster
Game designer, author, speaker
  • Feed wonky

    Hours January 10, 2008 Categories Misc

    Yes, the RSS feed is wonky for some people, popping up an auth dialog. I’ve gone through to remove the offending links, but it looks like lots of readers have it cached in various ways, which means that even though it is (theoretically) fixed, it’s still popping up for people.

    Not sure what I can do about it at this point other than post a bunch to get the offending article pushed off the feed. 🙂

    Read More Feed wonkyContinue

  • The WoW pacifist

    Hours January 9, 2008 Categories Game talk
    Comments 12 Comments

    How ironic is this? A player is attempting to level some characters all the way to 70 in WoW without ever killing anything. The only way to do it? PvP.

    15 Minutes of Fame: Noor the pacifist – WOW Insider

    It looks like PvP is a huge part of your strategy. Do you foresee continuing to PvP the whole way up? I have to; the repeatable daily battleground quests are the only way to “grind” XP if you aren’t going to kill mobs.

    Read More The WoW pacifistContinue

  • Virtual banking

    Hours January 9, 2008 Categories Game talk
    Comments 13 Comments

    Linden Lab has banned unofficial Second Life banks, basically saying that anyone running a banking operation has to actually be a financial institution.

    Read More “Virtual banking”

    Read More Virtual bankingContinue

  • Mailbag: marriages, links, China…

    Hours January 9, 2008January 10, 2008 Categories Mailbag
    Comments 2 Comments

    Hi Raph: I am not sure if I’ve ever thanked you in my visits to your site before or when you had your old site up…so here goes now! I met my husband in Ultima Online in 2001. We are still together – in fact he made me his RL wife two weeks ago in Las Vegas with our family present to give our blessings. (Had a blast – wish you were there!) So, I don’t know really, how involved you were with UO. Richard Garriott also received my thanks but hasn’t written back yet. He’s probably busy with his Tablula Rasa (which i didn’t like at all SHHHH!). Anyway…thank you for creating that world and naming a shard “Catskills.” As fate would have it thats the place we both chose and there we met. HAIL RAPH! *hugs* Thank you for bringing us together!

    Well, congratulations! And take that, everyone who thought that Catskills was nothing more than an iniquitous den of PKers. 😉 Though I suppose that by 2001, it wasn’t anymore. And for what it’s worth, I am sure that Richard would offer his congratulations as well.

    Read More “Mailbag: marriages, links, China…”

    Read More Mailbag: marriages, links, China…Continue

  • MMO developer lost at sea

    Hours January 9, 2008 Categories Game talk
    Comments 2 Comments

    No, that headline isn’t metaphorical — it’s literal. Darrin Bunker, of POSSe Entertainment, the prospective makers of Dragons & Legends, has gone missing at sea. He was sailing a newly acquired boat from Dana Point to San Diego, and never showed up. His boat was then found floating off the coast of Hawaii, 2,600 miles away.

    Read More MMO developer lost at seaContinue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 … 216 217 218 219 220 … 516 Next PageNext

Current project


Books

(These are affiliate links) Postmortems cover Postmortems on Amazon


Sunday Poems cover Sunday Poems on Amazon


Theory of Fun cover A Theory of Fun on Amazon
A Theory of Fun's website

Categories

  • Art
  • Game talk
  • Gamemaking
  • Mailbag
  • Misc
  • Music
  • Open thread
  • Reading
  • The Sunday Poem
  • Watching
  • Writing

Archives

  • 2020s
    • 2025
      • November
      • October
      • June
      • March
      • February
    • 2024
      • December
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • March
    • 2023
      • September
    • 2022
      • September
      • August
      • June
    • 2021
      • October
      • September
      • April
      • March
  • 2010s
    • 2019
      • February
      • January
    • 2018
      • November
      • September
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2017
      • December
      • November
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
    • 2016
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • May
      • March
    • 2015
      • December
      • November
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2014
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2013
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2012
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2011
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2010
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
  • 2000s
    • 2009
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2008
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2007
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2006
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2005
      • December
      • November
      • October
      • August
      • July
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 2004
      • December
      • November
      • October
    • 2003
      • September
      • April
      • March
    • 2002
      • July
      • March
      • February
    • 2001
      • September
      • January
    • 2000
      • December
      • November
      • September
      • August
      • June
      • April
      • March
      • January
  • 1990s
    • 1999
      • November
      • October
      • September
      • August
      • July
      • June
      • May
      • April
      • March
      • February
      • January
    • 1998
      • December
      • October
      • September
      • August

3d web agdc art games china community management facebook flash game business game criticism game culture game design game grammar game history game industry game politics game studies gdc gdca gdco gdconline indie games metaplace metaverse metric verse muds Music playable worlds second life serious games sf social games social media speaking star wars galaxies swg theory of fun ultima online uo vw business vw design vw history vw law vw tech wordpress WoW

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Policies

Disclosure and Privacy Policy
Data Access Request
  • Blog
  • Game Design
  • Books
  • Music
  • Art
  • About Raph

Find Raph Online

Facebook X Quora Instagram Amazon Bluesky Github IMDB Mastodon Linkedin Reddit Spotify Tumblr YouTube

© 2026 Raph Koster - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

Scroll to top
  • Blog
    • Blog Home
    • Recommended posts 1998-2012
    • Recommended posts 2012-2017
    • Recommended posts, 2017-2025
  • Game Design
    • Game Design Home
    • A Theory of Fun site
    • Presentations
    • Essays
    • Interviews and panels
    • Snippets
    • Laws of Online World Design
    • The Online World Timeline
    • MMO History Links
  • Books
    • All the Books
    • Postmortems
    • Theory of Fun
    • Sunday Poems
    • Other writing
      • Fiction
      • Poetry
      • Lit Crit
  • Music
    • My Music
    • After the Flood
      • Amazon
      • iTunes
      • Spotify
    • Listen
    • Instruments and tunings
  • Art
    • Art Home
    • Pencils
    • Pen and Ink
    • Cartoons
    • Digital Art
    • Doodles
  • About Raph
    • About Me
    • CV
    • Contact Raph
    • Press kit
    • Hobbies
      • Emulation
      • Fish tanks
Search