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Raph Koster

American video game designer and entrepreneur

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Born

Raphael Koster


() September 7, (age&#;53)

Long Island, New York, U.S.

OccupationGame designer
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Raphael "Raph" Koster (born September 7, ) is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design.

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Koster is widely recognized for his work as the lead designer of Ultima Online[1] and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies.[2] From until he worked as the founder and president of Metaplace (previously operating as Areae and acquired by social gaming company Playdom in , which was in turn acquired by Disney) producing a Facebook game platform.

Biography

Koster attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, receiving a bachelor's degree in English (creative writing) and Spanish in The same year he became involved with MUDs as a developer of Worlds of Carnage, then in moved on to become implementor of LegendMUD, where he was known as Ptah.[3][4] He also played MUME for a time.

On May 10, , he married Kristen[5] who would later work alongside him at Origin Systems as a game designer.

In , he received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and joined Origin Systems as the lead designer of Ultima Online.

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Koster was also the lead designer of Ultima Online: The Second Age, Ultima Online Live, and an unannounced and cancelled title until , when he joined Verant Interactive in Austin as the creative director of Star Wars Galaxies.

Promoted to chief creative officer in , he relocated to Sony Online Entertainment in San Diego[6][7] where he spent three years primarily responsible for business development.

In March , Koster left the company to work on Metaplace which, at the end, was a social gaming platform for Facebook games. Since he is an independent designer and consultant.[8]

Koster is a charter member of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and a member of the IGDA, ASCAP, and Omicron Delta Kappa. He is also a frequent speaker at game industry conferences such as the GDC,[2]DICE, State of Play, and E3.

He presently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and family.

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In , Koster and Eric Goldberg founded a new company, Playable Worlds, focused on producing the MMORPG, Stars Reach.

Credits

Games

Discography

Writing

Awards

References

  1. ^Bainbridge, William Sims ().

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  5. ^ abMulligan, Jessica; Patrovsky, Bridgette (). Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide. New Riders. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
  6. ^Bartle, Richard ().

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  7. ^Scott, Ryan (April ). "The CGW Interview: Raph Koster". Computer Gaming World.

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  8. ^Koster, Raph (May 10, ). "17th Wedding Anniversary". Raph's Website. Retrieved November 26,
  9. ^Varney, Allen Varney Legacy (July 25, ). "Raph Koster on Fire". The Escapist. Retrieved January 3,
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  14. Measuring MMOs - Raph's Website
  15. Raph Koster (Foreword of Game Thinking) - Goodreads

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  16. ^Koster, Raph (December 18, ). "CV".

External links

Interviews

  • Pham, Alex. "Game Design; Building a Community—Even a Virtual One—Takes Work." Los Angeles Times Sep 6, , sec. T5.
  • Interview: December 21, at the Wayback Machine (archived ) (Amber Night)
  • Interview: December 25, at the Wayback Machine (archived ) (Stratics)
  • Interview: March 22, (Game Studies)
  • Interview: July 25, (The Escapist)[dead link&#;]
  • Interview: March 10, () Archived July 5, , at the Wayback Machine
  • Interview: October 11th, at the Wayback Machine (archived ) (The MMO Gamer)

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