Raph Koster
Person on 4 sites
Game designer; wrote A Theory of Fun for Game Design and worked on Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Lavish feedback wrapped around no real problem is shallow entertainment at best and exploitation at worst. (opens korrents.com)
“At minimum you’re making shallow entertainment. At worst, you are building exploitative entertainment.”
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People learn best when the problem in front of them is just past the edge of what they can already do. (opens korrents.com)
“People learn best when the problem they are tackling is right past the edge of what they can do.”
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A game is a machine built around uncertainty. (opens korrents.com)
“Games are machines built around uncertainty.”
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Lavish feedback wrapped around no real problem is shallow entertainment at best and exploitation at worst. (opens korrents.com)
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12 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Art of Fiction (opens rcmnd.app)
“For general writing books, among many others I like John Gardner's The Art of Fiction and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. They perhaps tend a little more literary than others.”
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Bird by Bird (opens rcmnd.app)
“For general writing books, among many others I like John Gardner's The Art of Fiction and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. They perhaps tend a little more literary than others.”
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A Poetry Handbook (opens rcmnd.app)
“I am tempted to also mention Babette Deutsch's A Poetry Handbook , even if you don't plan to write verse, because anyone who wants to master cadences of language, and the use of techniques of rhythm, assonance, and the…”
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The Art of Fiction (opens rcmnd.app)