Titans of Text

Titans from the text gaming community

About the show

A podcast interviewing game developers from around the text gaming community, including MUDs and interactive fiction. Join us every other week for a new episode.

You can find us real time at The MUD Coders Guild and on the MUD Discord.

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Episodes

  • Episode 31: Doc Burford: Horses are Real, Part 2

    May 21st, 2020  |  52 mins 53 secs
    crysis, game design, halflife2, horses, mud, narrative design

    We continue with Doc on the failings of some AAA space games to deliver narrative

  • Episode 30: Doc Burford: Horses are Real, part 1

    May 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins
    crysis, game design, halflife2, horses, mud, narrative design

    Doc Burford, game and narrative designer extraordinaire

  • Episode 29: Stickmud

    April 23rd, 2020  |  41 mins 30 secs
    game, mud, text game

    Mike "Tamarindo" joins the Titans to talk about StickMUD.

  • Episode 28: Michael Seifert

    April 9th, 2020  |  26 mins 43 secs

    Join us to chat with Michael Seifert as we explore the realm of beastly fidos.

  • Episode 27: Ryan Veeder's Authentic Titans of Text Interview

    February 27th, 2020  |  40 mins 45 secs
    inform 7, text, text adventures

    Join us to chat with Ryan Feeder as we explore his interactive fiction games.

  • Episode 26: BatMUD

    February 13th, 2020  |  41 mins 13 secs
    lpmud

    Join Niklas and Matti as the Titans explore the world of BatMUD.

  • Episode 25: Alter Aeon

    January 30th, 2020  |  34 mins 43 secs
    alter aeon, game, mud, text game

    Join Dentin, creator and head admin as the Titans explore the world of Alter Aeon.

  • Episode 24: Stillborn: The Second Coming

    January 23rd, 2020  |  20 mins 40 secs
    moo, mud, stillborn, text game

    Join the us as we have Jane of Stillborn on again to celebrate the launch of the MUD.

  • Episode 23: Materia Magica

    January 2nd, 2020  |  37 mins 4 secs
    mud

    Join the Titans as we bring on Sean from Materia Magica to talk about its history and future.

  • Episode 22: Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation - Jason McIntosh and Jacqueline Ashwell

    December 19th, 2019  |  36 mins 31 secs
    if, ifcomp, iftf, interactive fiction, narrascope, text games

    Jason McIntosh and Jacqueline Ashwell join the Titans to talk about the IFTF

  • Episode 21: Steve Meretzky

    December 5th, 2019  |  25 mins 39 secs
    infocom, text adventues

    Join us to chat with Steve Meretzky, a true titan of text adventures.

  • Episode 20: Aetolia - Adam

    November 21st, 2019  |  22 mins 36 secs
    gothic, mud, text, text game

    Join us in the dark corners as we explore the Iron Realm Entertainment's gothic MUD Aetolia with its lead producer Adam!

  • Episode 19: NaMuBuMo Post Mortem: Thibaud and Addison of Written Realms

    November 7th, 2019  |  20 mins 31 secs
    muds, namubumo, text game, written realms

    Join Thibaud, owner and maintainer of Written Realms, and Addison one of the NaMuBuMo participants as we discuss NaMuBuMo and Written Realms.

  • Episode 18: Carrion Fields

    October 24th, 2019  |  28 mins 1 sec
    carrion fields, game, mud, text game

    The god of loss joins the titans to talk about Carrion Fields MUD.

  • Episode 17: Richard Bartle

    October 10th, 2019  |  39 mins 35 secs
    bartle, cars, muds, text game, top gear

    Join us for a truly titanic episode as Dr. Richard Bartle, one of the fathers of not just muds but all online multiplayer games, comes on the podcast to talk about cars, old cinema but mostly MUDs!

  • Episode 16: DartMUD

    September 26th, 2019  |  24 mins 57 secs
    lp, mud

    Join the Titans as we bring on Karl from DartMUD to talk about its history and future.