I remember transitioning from Prestel, where in the mid-80s I played the MMO Shades [1], to the web and then getting more and more despondent as year after year

I remember transitioning from Prestel, where in the mid-80s I played the MMO Shades [1], to the web and then getting more and more despondent as year after year the experience seemed to degrade as everyone and their dog went online. [1] https://www.prestel.org.uk/download.php?cat=15_Prestel&file=Shades-the%20utimate%20adventure%20MUGSept1989.pdf https://www.prestel.org.uk/download.php?cat=15_Prestel&file=... Edit to add: Prestel was an interactive service run by the UK Post Office. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel