Comments | horty_pie: DIY and the Hacker ethos '82

horty_pie

DIY and the Hacker ethos '82

Jul 31, 2007 01:32

One of my current thematic "kicks" is reading about and thinking about and reliving via emulator the heyday of personal computer use, which is "the first half of the eighties" and is mostly centered around the ubiquitous Apple ][ home computer. This includes a lot of reading about people like Richard Garriot and Ken and Roberta Williams, as I ( Read more... )

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stargazzy July 31 2007, 11:01:07 UTC

On the other hand, nowadays plenty of solo game designers sell their wares over the Internet. Yesterday's Zip-Loc is today's series of tubes.

polsvoice July 31 2007, 18:47:17 UTC

Man, I also grew up with these games. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one. I'm pretty sure Ultimas 6 and 7 are as rich and complex as the best literature is. And the Quest games might actually have made me a more creative thinker than school ever could. It's a shame that the graphics will keep future generations from even thinking of touching this stuff.