Titans of Text

Episode 17: Richard Bartle

October 10th, 2019  |  39 mins 35 secs

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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

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

Episode 15: NaMuBuMo Promo

September 19th, 2019  |  4 mins 42 secs

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We take a break from our normal episodes to talk about the upcoming event NaMuBuMo.

Episode 14: DuneMUD

September 12th, 2019  |  26 mins 51 secs

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Join the Titans as we bring on Devon and Eric from DuneMUD to talk about it's history and future.

Episode 13: Vadi - Mudlet

August 29th, 2019  |  29 mins 35 secs

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Join the Titans as we bring on Vadi of Mudlet, a popular MUD client, to talk about it's history and future.

Episode 12: Warsim

August 15th, 2019  |  20 mins 47 secs

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Join the Titans as we bring on Huw the creator of Warsim a single player ascii art based kingdom and war management game currently available in Early Access on Steam.

Episode 11: Starmourn

August 1st, 2019  |  21 mins 43 secs

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We have with us today two guests, Ioan and Laura. The Producer and Assistant Producer/Lead Builder of Starmourn, a game produced and developed by Iron Realms Entertainment.

Episode 10: Thibaud - Written Realms

July 18th, 2019  |  40 mins 8 secs

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Thibaud joins us to talk about his history with mudding as well as the creation and future of Written Realms.

Episode 9: Book of Hours - Alexis Kennedy

July 4th, 2019  |  43 mins 27 secs

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Alexis Kennedy joins us to talk about authors, game design and the upcoming game Book of Hours.

Episode 8: Grapevine Anniversary

June 27th, 2019  |  40 mins 9 secs

We take a break from normal episodes to release this special episode to celebrate 1 year of Grapevine.

Episode 7: WoTMUD

June 20th, 2019  |  30 mins 28 secs

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We have with us today the one and only Austin, the veritable Pattern of the text gaming world. Today we’re going to take a trip on the wheel of time and talk about how Austin got into mudding, more specifically WoTMUD and dive into the world of WoTMUD itself.

Episode 6: Star Conquest & Accessibility

June 6th, 2019  |  25 mins 46 secs

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We’re breaking tradition a bit today too as we have a second guest today. Both Ruthie and Lindsey come to us from Star Conquest. We're going to talk about a bit about Star Conquest but a lot more about accessibility, how Star Conquest achieves it and what we can all do better towards that goal.

Episode 5: Stillborn

May 23rd, 2019  |  28 mins 17 secs

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Jane is the owner, coder and creative force behind the upcoming MOO Stillborn. We're going to take a trip into the world of Stillborn: what lead to its creation, the world lore of its various scenarios, the intricacies of running a round-based mud and the depth of experience to be had there.

Episode 4: Evennia

May 9th, 2019  |  28 mins 24 secs

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Griatch is the lead developer of one of, if not the most well known, modern mud platforms Evennia as well as an accomplished artist and illustrator.

Episode 3: Sindome

April 25th, 2019  |  38 mins 13 secs

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Johnny comes to us from the epic cyberpunk roleplaying MOO Sindome. We're going to talk about the rise of Sindome, what makes it unique, what has contributed to its longevity and the ins and outs of fostering and maintaining an RPI style mud.

Episode 2: Darkwind

April 11th, 2019  |  40 mins 10 secs

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We sat down with Jason "Acer" Alexander to talk about DarkWind.