Kirkman14

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   by Kirkman14 7y ago

   Thanks for posting this. I'm the guy who did the interview. It took over a year, but I'm happy with how it came out. Hopefully it whets people's appetites to telnet to a BBS and play some TradeWars 2002!
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   See the Millennium Falcon dodging asteroids in thrilling ANSImation(breakintochat.com)

   1 points by Kirkman14 9y ago|0 comments
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   by Kirkman14 11y ago

   I've been wanting to interview Radoff for years. "Space Empire Elite" was the first BBS door game I ever played, back in the early 1990s. He sees BBS door games as precursors to the "social games" of today, and I to
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   Dial-Up to “Beam Me Up”: Jon Radoff Talks Star Trek Timelines, BBS Games(breakintochat.com)

   1 points by Kirkman14 11y ago|1 comments
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   by Kirkman14 11y ago

   There's a wiki dedicated to them ( http://breakintochat.com ) and a blog with interviews with door game authors ( http://breakintochat.com/blog ). People are still WRITING doors, too. Musician Shooter Jennings
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   by Kirkman14 11y ago

   The entire model was totally different. Door games were usually shareware. Authors wanted sysops to pay a registration fee, and they used different tactics to encourage that. Sometimes the game had extra features crippled unless you registe
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   by Kirkman14 11y ago

   Thanks for posting that link to my interview. Austin Seraphin now does a lot of work on software accessibility.
8. 38.▲
   by Kirkman14 13y ago

   Great reminiscence, though I wish he talked a bit more about BBS door games ( http://breakintochat.com/wiki/BBS_door_game ). They always get short shrift in my opinion.
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   Parsing old BBS directories to visualize the St. Louis BBS scene(breakintochat.com)

   1 points by Kirkman14 13y ago|0 comments
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    From paper tape to BBS door games: "Global War" creator Joel Bergen(breakintochat.com)

    2 points by Kirkman14 14y ago|0 comments
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    by Kirkman14 14y ago

    Anybody have fond memories of playing BBS door games? I'd love to hear about 'em.
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    Amit Patel discusses his old BBS door game "Solar Realms Elite"(breakintochat.com)

    3 points by Kirkman14 14y ago|1 comments