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Anecdotes from the Father of MUDs

June 30, 2007July 30, 2021

Richard Bartle in a GameStop, found via in the ineffable Greg Costikyan. There’s not really much I need to add to this, it sort of speaks for itself. I laughed out loud in the middle of a coffee shop when I read it. It’s a bit like having Kerouac show up at your open-mic poetry slam.

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