Of Videogames and Visualisations

Monday, September 10, 2007

Koster's grammar considered harmful

Some say Raph Koster is an idiot. I would say he's a qualified writer with a penchant for misappropriation of some words. For example, the words "fun" and "grammar" -- see Yehuda's review and StGabe's comments.
Because these two words are central to Koster's publications, A Theory of Fun and A Grammar of Gameplay, I fear that misunderstanding and misuse of these words will propagate throughout discussion of game design.

I'm back

I haven't posted in a long time. I went on leave-of-absence from my PhD and started working. I've now got a job where I get a day off per week to do my research, and so I'm getting back into the swing of things.