Raph Koster - Podcast Details

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DL Gaming: A PC GamecastWhat makes an MMO worth playing? w/Raph KosterStar Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, and now Stars Reach. Raph Koster has certainly made his mark on MMOs that are designed as systems-led experiences that feel like breathing worlds. This interview goes over Raph's history of game development, and why Stars Reach is the culmination of decades of experience, new exciting technology, and an organic sandbox players can deeply enjoy with each other.If that sounds exciting, consider checking out the Stars Reach Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starsreach/stars-reachDL Gaming: A PC Gamecast adds games both...2025-03-081h 19

Massively OP PodcastEpisode 475: The Legend of Ralph LobsterOn this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about Raph Koster's Stars Reach reveal, Dawntrail's launch, Palia's surprising new home, Guild Wars 2's housing system tour, and the true shocking story behind Ralph Lobster. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your question to the show, use this link. Show notes: Intro News: Raph Koster reveals Stars Reach News: FFXIV launches its latest expansion, Dawntrail News: Daybreak picks up Palia and Singularity Six News...2024-07-091h 06

Massively OP PodcastEpisode 474: Taking Tarisland to taskOn this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about Tarisland's launch, Pax Dei's early access, Throne and Liberty's release date, LOTRO's new legendary servers, Raph Koster's MMO hints, and cross-promotions in MMOs. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your question to the show, use this link. Show notes: Intro News: Tarisland launches globally News: Pax Dei is in early access News: Throne and Liberty eyes a September 17th launch News: LOTRO announces...2024-06-251h 12

The Education Innovators PodcastPaul Darvasi - Serious PlayPaul Darvasi, PhD, is a game developer, educator, speaker, and writer who works at the intersection of games, culture, and learning. He is the CEO and co-founder of Gold Bug Interactive, the Executive Director of the Serious Play Conference, and is a founding member of the PlayLab at the University of Toronto, where he lectures on social media and education, and games and learning. He is a passionate advocate of serious games, digital games for learning, media and digital literacy, design thinking, experiential learning, virtual simulations, and locative experiences. His experiments with game design have included large-scale ARGs, activating i...2024-04-1056 min $The Here\'s Waldo Podcast$ The Here's Waldo PodcastIndie Studio Startups: What Every Aspiring Founder Needs To Know With Raph KosterRaph Koster is the CEO of Playable Worlds, a computer games company specializing in gamification, online games, and game development. As a veteran game designer, he’s been professionally credited in almost every industry area. Raph was the lead designer and director of Ultima Online, one of the first MMOs to reach $1 billion, and Star Wars Galaxies. Raph is also the Founder of Metaplace, a metaverse company that he exited and sold to Disney Playdom. His book, A Theory of Fun for Game Design, recently revised for a 10th-anniversary edition, is an undisputed classic in the games field. Raph is...2024-01-0500 min

I Play, Therefore I AmEpisode 26: Patrick "PJ" EstevesOf Lightsabers, RPGs and Looking Through the Right Lens Patrick "PJ" Esteves' long journey to Berlin took him from almost being a rockstar, over wanting to be a Jedi to asking himself how the hell he ended up in Villingen-Schwenningen. The CEO and Co-Founder of Fire and Forge Studios paints a vivid picture of his life in the games industry which is captivating and, most importantly, has a lot to do with the Roman Empire. Where to find PJ: LinkedIn Mentioned People: Raph Koster...2023-11-141h 58

The Fourth CurtainThe Massive Reputation of Raph KosterThis week's guest is a poet, writing the poetry of fun - or at least the prose. Author of the essential "A Theory of Fun", creator of Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, he is likely the world's foremost expert on MMOs. Game industry fundamentals made for the first time with Raph Koster. Thank you for listening to our podcast all about videogames and the amazing people who bring them to life!Hosted by Alexander Seropian and Aaron MarroquinFind us at www.thefourthcurtain.com Join our Patreon for early, ad-free episodes plus b...2023-08-241h 15

The Fourth CurtainBill Roper is Infinity Plus OneOn this episode of The Fourth Curtain, Alex and Aaron have long time pal and game maker Bill Roper on the program talking about the early days of Blizzard, his love of music, building HellGate London and the joyride that was Disney Interactive. We get a peek at some of the special items in Bill's collection and he may even do a voice or two!Bill Roper arrives at: 10:00Alex mentions a "A Theory of Fun" by old pal Raph Koster.Thank you for listening to our podcast all about videogames and the amazing...2023-04-271h 17

The Club Metaverse PodcastRaph Koster | Club Metaverse Pod #47Raphael "Raph" Koster is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely recognized for his work as the lead designer of Ultima Online and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://clubmetaversepod.com CONNECT: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/clubmetanft Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcfernandez 2023-03-201h 02

GamecraftThe New Gold Rush (Ep. 8)Mitch and Blake take on the complex topic of in-game economies. They discuss how the endemic problems of trust and arbitrage were present in the earliest in-game economies of the late 1980 and how they have persisted to the present web3 economies. They look at the concept of mudlfation, a unique economic problem of massively multiplayer online games, and the strategies for controlling it, as well as the idea of economic play. Mitch talks about how gold farming and real-money trading were early antecedents of play-to-earn, before taking a look at early web3 economies. They end the episode with a...2023-02-221h 02

GamecraftThe Failures and Futures of Virtual Reality (Ep. 7)Mitch and Blake discuss the recurring industry obsession with the idea of virtual reality, beginning in the mid-1980s. Mitch recounts a story about his encounter with VPL and the weird world of digital artists and promoters in the early days of personal computing. They look at the second failed wave of VR investment in the 1990s and the importance of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Mitch talks about how Linden Lab's Second Life anticipated many of the ideas of the modern metaverse. They then look at the Oculus, and Facebook's decade-long failure to generate momentum behind a new wave...2023-02-1553 min

Game of Life Podcast"1." Ani Mohan ― Distributing bite-sized games to the worldAni Mohan is the co-founder and former Product Lead of GameSnacks, a platform for HTML5 games with the vision of making games universally accessible across any device, connection and region. We talk about how to put games in the hands of more people, emerging markets, internet connectivity, operating Gamesnacks as part of Google (as the company was founded as part of Google’s Area 120 incubation program) and much more. This interview was recorded in November 2022. * * * * * * * * If you liked the episode, please like & subscribe to the show! Substack: https://gameoflifepod.substack.com/ Twitt...2023-01-2136 min

Getting2AlphaRaph Koster: How to Create an Innovative HitRaph Koster is an entrepreneur, game designer, and author of a Theory of Fun for Game Design. He is currently CEO of playable worlds. He was Lead Designer on pioneering MMO Ultima Online, and Creative Director of Star Wars Galaxies. He founded Metaplace in 2006, which was acquired by the social gaming company Playdom.2022-08-1219 min

Naavik Gaming PodcastRaph Koster: Playable Worlds and the Metaverse - InterviewIn this episode, Raph Koster – legendary game designer, author of Theory of Fun for Game Design, and CEO of Playable Worlds – joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss:#1 How to evolve and grow as a game designer#2 The mission of Playable Worlds, what it means to build a “metaverse platform,” and the future of MMORPGs#3 His advice about metaverse standards, player-owned economies, and digital landTo learn more, visit Raph’s blog and Twitter account, as well as Playable World’s we...2022-07-171h 05

Naavik Gaming PodcastRoundtable - STEPN: Move-to-Earn or Ponzinomics?In this Metacast episode, Matt Dion, Abhimanyu Kumar and Nicolas Vereecke, join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Ubisoft Attracts Buyout Interest: Why could Ubisoft be exploring a buyout? Are there parallels to be drawn between Ubisoft and Activision Blizzard’s acquisition?#2 Meta Struggles to Recover Market Value: Is it possible for Meta to recoup their metaverse investment considering the competitive landscape?#3 Playable Worlds Raise: What is Playable Worlds developing? If there’s someone to trust to develop a sandbox MMO game it's Raph Koster....2022-04-2957 min

Gamegesis DiásporaDiáspora 002 - Jogos e Definições, Parte 2: Definições UtilitaristasContinuando as discussões iniciadas no episódio anterior, sobre as dificuldades em se definir um conceito formal sobre jogos, apresentamos a consideração sobre as definições utilitárias ou utilitaristas e nos debruçamos sobre algumas das mais utilizadas, quebrando a superficialidade e sem nos aprofundarmos o suficiente para quebrar a validade de cada uma. Confira as nossas considerações e conheça um pouco mais sobre esse universo ainda pouco explorado dos jogos!Bibliografia:Clark Abt: Serious Games - 1987 (Termo cunhado em 1968) - LivroChris Crawf...2021-12-2258 min

Building the Metaverse with Jon RadoffRaph Koster and Jon discuss the MetaverseRaph Koster is a legendary game designer behind Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. In this episode, we discuss the metaverse, virtual worlds, governance, game economies, creativity and everything in between.2021-10-141h 19

Naavik Gaming PodcastRoundtable #16 - On-Chain vs Off-Chain Game Assets, Raph Koster's new MMO, Statespace raises $50mWhat are the differences between On-Chain game assets (NFTs) and regular in-game assets? What is up with Raph Koster’s new MMO? Is this the top of the NFT bubble?Answer to this and more in this week’s roundtable!In this Metacast episode, Abhimanyu Kumar and Miikka Ahonen are joined by your host Nicolas Vereecke to discuss; - The debate: On-chain vs Off-chain game assets - Raph Koster reveals tech for Playable Worlds - Statespace raises $50 million...2021-09-2453 min

Medical Mnemonist (from MedSchoolCoach)Game Thinking in Medicine with Professor Karl Kapp (Ep. 62 Rebroadcast)Karl Kapp is a Professor at Bloomberg University and author of several books about gamification and game thinking. Karl received a Doctorate of Education in the Instructional Design program at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a frequent speaker and business consultant, helping organizations to implement learning strategies through technology. Today’s episode continues conversations about gaming in medical education and how to use creative and interactive modalities to benefit education. 0:52 What Gamification Means to Karl 3:19 The Main Approaches to Gamification Design: Structural and Content 4:50 Learning Objections: Retaining Inf...2021-09-1626 min

Medical Mnemonist (from MedEd University)Game Thinking in Medicine with Professor Karl Kapp (Ep. 62 Rebroadcast)Karl Kapp is a Professor at Bloomberg University and author of several books about gamification and game thinking. Karl received a Doctorate of Education in the Instructional Design program at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a frequent speaker and business consultant, helping organizations to implement learning strategies through technology. Today’s episode continues conversations about gaming in medical education and how to use creative and interactive modalities to benefit education. 0:52 What Gamification Means to Karl 3:19 The Main Approaches to Gamification Design: Structural and Content 4:50 Learning Objections: Retaining Inf...2021-09-1626 min

Massively OP PodcastMassively OP Podcast Episode 338: No power in the multiverse can stop Raph KosterOn this week’s show, Bree and Justin talk about Elyon's delay, Crowfall's layoffs, LOTRO's newest class, New World's open beta, Raph Koster's multiverse, and when leaving MMOs isn't as easy an option as you might assume. It’s the Massively OP Podcast, an action-packed hour of news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails! And remember, if you’d like to send in your question to the show, use this link or call in to our voicemail at (734) 221-3973. Show notes: Intro Adventures in MMOs: Runes of Magic, Fallout 76, Star Wars Galaxies News: Elyon delays, goes F2P -- als...2021-09-141h 16

Como Nascem os Jogos08 - Mercado Mobile e a Carreira de um Game Designer com "John" PissolatoNo episódio de hoje Tomás Queiroz e Robert Coelho recebem Vitor "john" Pissolato, para conversar um pouco sobre o mercado de jogos Mobile e como se deu a sua carreira dentro do mercado de jogos F2P.Links mencionados nesse episódio:Podcast Falhe rápido, falhe melhor: https://anchor.fm/toms-queiroz/episodes/01---Falhar-rpido-Falhar-melhor---Como-Nascem-os-jogos-eqt45vLive da Space Sheep Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CmCdOvcvwA Theory of Fun for Game Design - Raph Koster: https://www.amazon.com.br/Theory-Fun-Game-Design/dp/1449363210Também estamos nas principais plataformas de po...2021-07-0646 min

Some Patches Required$70 Games, Appropriate Compensation, and the Legendary Lost Lozenge of HadesHere at SPR, we like to think that highlighting serious topics within the games industry doesn't require emulating the tone of a particularly boring episode of "Mr. Wizard's World." If you're not 150 years old (or Aaron), that means we try to balance research-based discussions with our unique brand of insanity.If you need proof, look no further than this episode. We inexplicably start out with a guest appearance by the lord of the underworld before transitioning to a conversation about how much the Internet hates the perceived design tweaks Aloy received for Horizon Forbidden West. Then, we...2021-06-041h 13