Ep. 20: Text Adventure Gemstone III with Liz Landau
Journalist Liz Landau reminisces about the old days of text-based adventuring through MUDs (Multi User Dungeons) and how they\u2019re the stepping stones to all current-day MMO\u2019s and social media platforms from her Wired article, \u201cHow Old-School Text Adventures Inspired Our Virtual Spaces.\u201d Though some thought the internet was just a passing fad, others dove head first into this game, Gemstone III, they saw on the AOL home page. Imagine: that text wedding cake tasting you held for your in-game wedding for your role playing character is the reason you can now claim Instagram Model as a career.
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\nWebsite: lizlandau.com
\nTwitter: @lizlandau
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\nThe Video Game History Hour music is Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/