George Plimpton Has Risen from His Grave

The dregs of Atari has bought out the remains of Intellivision, the seventh seal is broken, and chaos has descended upon a burning world.

May 24, 2024 · 3 min · 454 words · Tipa

HeroQuest: Quest for the Spirit Blade

Last time, we accidentally woke the Witch Lord. Oops. Now we are in search of the one weapon that can put him down.

May 21, 2024 · 3 min · 550 words · Tipa

Midjourney goes Web

Midjourney has famously relied upon the Discord app to be the front end to its image generation AI. But now, all you need is a browser and a prompt.

May 17, 2024 · 3 min · 428 words · Tipa

HeroQuest: Barak Tor - The Barrow of the Witch Lord

We’re nearing the end of the first HeroQuest campaign… and we’re up against an undefeatable lich. Should be fun.

May 14, 2024 · 2 min · 349 words · Tipa

ADVENT: Colossal Cave 3D

Having spent the past several days mapping and exploring the text version, it’s finally time to replay Colossal Cave Adventure in glorious 3D.

May 12, 2024 · 4 min · 787 words · Tipa

ADVENT: Seasoned Adventurer

I got all the treasures I knew about… now, how about the treasures I don’t know about?

May 11, 2024 · 4 min · 761 words · Tipa

ADVENT: Twisty Passages, All Alike

A pirate stole our treasure! Time to steal it BACK. But first, we have to find our way through one of the most notorious mazes of all time…

May 9, 2024 · 4 min · 795 words · Tipa

ADVENT: The Secrets of Adventure

What you need to know before you begin to play Crowther and Woods’ “Colossal Cave Adventure”.

May 8, 2024 · 4 min · 746 words · Tipa

ADVENT: The Road to Adventure

You can draw a direct line from Crowther and Woods’ “Adventure” to MMOs such as EverQuest. I’m going to be playing it all the way through… twice.

May 7, 2024 · 6 min · 1091 words · Tipa

EverQuest II goes retro with Anashti Sul

It’s probably intentional that the latest EverQuest 2 server, Anashti Sul, is named after a deity once known as the “Lifegiver”, but now more known for bringing life to the dead.

May 4, 2024 · 6 min · 1234 words · Tipa