About: Raph Koster   Sponge Permalink

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Koster attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, receiving a Bachelor's degree in English (Creative Writing) and Spanish in 1992. The same year he became involved with MUDs as an implementor in LegendMUD, where he was known as Ptah. He also played MUME for a time. On May 10, 1992, he married Kristen Koster who would later work alongside him at Origin Systems as a game designer.

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  • Raph Koster
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  • Koster attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, receiving a Bachelor's degree in English (Creative Writing) and Spanish in 1992. The same year he became involved with MUDs as an implementor in LegendMUD, where he was known as Ptah. He also played MUME for a time. On May 10, 1992, he married Kristen Koster who would later work alongside him at Origin Systems as a game designer.
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Birth Date
  • 1971-09-07(xsd:date)
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  • Kristen Koster
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  • Raph Koster
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  • Raph Koster at the Web 2.0 Conference in 2005
Birth Place
  • Long Island, New York
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  • David Koster
  • Elena Koster
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  • Koster attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, receiving a Bachelor's degree in English (Creative Writing) and Spanish in 1992. The same year he became involved with MUDs as an implementor in LegendMUD, where he was known as Ptah. He also played MUME for a time. On May 10, 1992, he married Kristen Koster who would later work alongside him at Origin Systems as a game designer. In 1995, 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. Koster was also the lead designer of Ultima Online: The Second Age, Ultima Online Live, and an unannounced and cancelled title until 2000, when he joined Verant Interactive in Austin as the creative director of Star Wars Galaxies. Promoted to chief creative officer in 2003, he relocated to Sony Online Entertainment in San Diego where he spent three years primarily responsible for business development. In March 2006, Koster left the company to pursue other opportunities. As of July 2, he is currently working on "something indie ... something that is [hopefully] disruptive and different and not games as usual." [1] This venture was revealed as Areae on December 15, 2006. [2] 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 Game Developers Conference, DICE, State of Play, and E3. He presently lives in San Diego, California with his wife, daughter, and son.
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