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The Keyboard is Mightier Than The Sword

Posted by Zonk on from the qwerty-keys-flying-everywhere dept.

Wired has an article up which harkens back to the days of yore, when men played Zork and women congregated in MUDs and MOOs. The Keyboard is Mightier Than The Sword takes a look at the still extant realms of the text-based virtual space. From the article: "For me, asking why I play a MU (multi-user text game) when I could play EverQuest is like asking someone why they would read a book instead of watching the movie of the same story..."

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  1. Re:TinyTIM Needs Food Badly! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or telnet, type "create " and then type "LN rl" to set your line terminator properly.

    Case matters on that LN command, and of course type those commands without the " or the angle brackets.

    Oh yeah, by the by, TinyTIM is the oldest MUSH still running. The fifteen year annivesary was just last weekend.