Raph Koster on the Value of Video Games

Raph Koster on the Value of Video Games

Game designer and author Raph Koster has worked on many classic titles including Star Wars Galaxies and Everquest 2 and wrote the critically-acclaimed novel "A Theory of Fun for Game Design," a book covering game design and how games should be treated as "Edutainment". Raph believes games can be...
World 1-1 Cast Member Patrick Scott Patterson Shares His Thoughts

World 1-1 Cast Member Patrick Scott Patterson Shares His Thoughts

During our review process for the critically acclaimed film World 1-1, an independent video game documentary that covers the birth of the gaming industry, which we highly recommend, multi-media Personality Patrick Scott Patterson graciously reached out to provide his thoughts on the film: "I'm beyond amazed at what...
Early XBox History

Early XBox History

Working to grab developers' attention with the newly-approved XBox project, Co-Creator Seamus Blackley approached developer Oddworld with the concept. When asked by Oddworld executives about capabilities that far outreached any console at the time Seamus replied, "Dude, you're f..king high!"