50 Years of Text Games | Aaron A. Reed | Substack

A 2021 Journey from Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon

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May 23

The quest for the earliest transcript of a computer game uncovers a surprisingly complex computer strategy game from the 1950s.

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Apr 26

One of the first complex computer games, a military wargame called HUTSPIEL (1955), was created by a historian, Dr. Dorothy K. Clark.

Jan 26

Some final thoughts on this epic expedition.

Jan 1

A generator for perfumes and memories that built an incredible meaning-making machine in procedural text.

Dec 30, 2021

50 Years of Text Games

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