This week, we have our friend Bob Alberti on to talk about the first commercial multiplayer role playing game and the first commercial Multi-user MUD, Scepter of Goth! Bob was actually responsible for the creation of said game way back in 1983, which many of our listeners probably assumed was a time before computers existed. The story of the creation of the game and the eventual collapse is interesting stuff and we are thrilled Bob joined us to talk about his experiences.
Some links with more information:
TPT Documentary about the tech boom in Minnesota
Bob’s paper on the history of Scepter of Goth
Go here if you want to play Scepter of Goth! ssh -p 2233 muinet@muinet.com (password: muinet)
It’s deeply amusing and weird how things come full circle. In the very early 90s, GOPHER was where I played on MUSHes. Because of MUSHes I made friends all over the country. One of them was in MN, and when I came out to visit one Christmas, I met my now husband. Who was friends with one of the hosts of the show. Through whom I now know Bob on the internet.