SetSideB4d ago
The CRPG Addict Plays The Original MUD
MUDs, and their sibling games MUCKs and MOOs, now almost forgotten except among a rapidly-aging userbase, used to be the biggest gaming draw on the internet. When MMORPGs became big, it was largely by using the lessons of MUDs and applying them to a 3D graphical world with action gameplay. Everquest (admit it, you ha
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The CRPG Addict Plays The Original MUD

MUDs, and their sibling games MUCKs and MOOs, now almost forgotten except among a rapidly-aging userbase, used to be the biggest gaming draw on the internet. Wh

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SetSideBJul 5, 2024

On the History of Wizardry
Once upon a time, there was Wizardry, and nothing else. Welllll-l-l... almost nothing else. Here's a makeshift timeline of CRPGs and CRPG-like released leading up to the original Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

Don't be foo
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On the History of Wizardry

Once upon a time, there was Wizardry, and nothing else. Welllll-l-l... almost nothing else. Here's a makeshift timeline of CRPGs and CRPG-like released leading

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SetSideBMar 26, 2024
The CRPG Addict Reaches Nethack 3.1
He's been at this since the days of GameSetWatch's run of @Play, but the CRPG Addict has finally reached Nethack 3.1, the game where Nethack reaches most of its final form. It's true that it has gained features since then (especially weapon skills and splitting apart race and role from each other), but it was the version that introduced th
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The CRPG Addict Reaches Nethack 3.1

He's been at this since the days of GameSetWatch's run of @Play, but the CRPG Addict has finally reached Nethack 3.1, the game where Nethack reaches most of its

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Mara, Technopact WarlockMay 17, 2017

So today was the first time I've ever been paid using Interac, and it felt really cool and mysterious. I got a text from a number I didn't recognize, containing a phrase I did. Then I got an email saying "[boss's name] has sent you money. Click here to deposit it." And the phrase was the password to actually get the money.

I was reading an old #crpgaddict article at the time and it felt like I was solving a puzzle in a video game.

Welp. Time to save my boss's phone number & take the magic out