Andrew Dieffenbach

Programmer, maker of M.U.L.E. Online.

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M.U.L.E. Online cometh.

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#screenshotsaturday

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@MoreC64 The similarity to the game New York City was intentional, right?

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@AlyxxTheRat @exQUIZitely @SandyofCthulhu Page 71 of the game manual. For some reason the version that Steam hosts does not include anything after page 70.

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@AlyxxTheRat @exQUIZitely @SandyofCthulhu Not trying to cause a ruckus; I think everyone should be called by their preferred pronoun, but Command HQ may predatate Dani's transition and Dani explicitly stated that she referred to her previous transitioned self as Dan & he.

But if not, screw that.

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@cromwellian @SandyofCthulhu Is over a conventionalmodem the stipulation? Empire on the Plato system likely predates.

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@bilbowatterson @Fido26424283 @SandyofCthulhu @romero I think Sandy is conflating deathmatch for network multiplayer in this context, citing their experience with an earlier modem to modem military strategy game and the less ubiquitous network infrastructure at the time, and how Doom popularized network multiplayer with deathmatch.

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@bilbowatterson @Fido26424283 @SandyofCthulhu @romero It says "cooperate or compete". My hazy and perhaps faulty memory of Masters of Doom and Doom Guy is that during these multiplayer Doom sessions, people at Id would shoot each other in game for fun and that interplay evolved into deathmatch.

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A very feature rich version of Metroid for the C64 by the awesome @cbmeeks! https://t.co/nEajIgcc8p via @YouTube #c64 #metroid

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@liebert_2026 Gives a new meaning to web crawl.

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@exQUIZitely Worth noting the distinction is hand drawn vs 3D animation. The latter is preferred because it's so much easier to produce. Hard drawn although more difficult, lends itself to breaking the rules and greater expression.

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@AmazingPopPod The soundtrack is amazing.

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@CBSNews Too soon.

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@Humble_Squid For a lot of kids, Prime dying was their first glimpse into mortality. For the voice of Prime to die today, it will undoubtedly bring about the emotions once had.

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@BetaRaddish @CommodoreBlog I agree. I have so many donor C64s, I haven't bought the C64U yet because I don't have space for another case.

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@intlinux @AndrewHulshult @machinegames Yea. I felt the final boss was a meta game of deciding when was the best time to quick save.

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@romerogamesltd @QuakeCon The Four Horsemen

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@ThatTomHall @romero @ID_AA_Carmack @ACarmackArtist O hell yes. The 4 horsemen of gaming. Seems appropriate for the year we've had.

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@Kweepa Ha. Love those fonts.

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@bilimatlas I remember around 2005 there was a website that featured an extremely high resolution image of a whale that was to scale. You could pan around with your screen. I still remember how terrifying it was when I got viewed the eye.

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@rhodyknowsbest Yeah. That was kinda nuts.

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@wjdennen Yeah. That was kinda nuts.