I’m sitting in the back of a meeting where the speaker has spent 40 minutes tracking down a technical glitch interrupting his presentation. Happily, the room has wireless access…
Rogue: Exploring the Dungeons of Doom (aka Rogue), created in the early 1980s[1] by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman, is an intriguing game for many reasons. For one, it’s still being actively played, ported, enhanced, and forked[2] two decades later — a fact that challenges its description as just a “vintage” or “retro” game.
Advertisement
It’s also among a scant handful of games that have achieved worldwide recognition despite originating on UNIX[3], a platform better suited for science and industry than computer games.– Matt Barton and Bill Loguidice
Similar:
A Successful Failure: The TI-99/4A Turns 40
It's Friday night in July, and I'm jamming with my fall course preps.
Missouri governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website • ...
Out of the Zuckersphere, (back) into the Blogosphere
The eagles in Lord of the Rings are a plot hole, but also an us problem
Eric Bentley, Critic Who Preferred Brecht to Broadway, Dies at 103