mikemariano Posted November 12, 2009 Hi, feel free to ignore this post; it's going to turn into a sales pitch, but it's game-related and it really interests me. I recently discovered that Internet historian/archivist/documentarian Jason Scott is raising funds for a sabbatical in order to complete some of the projects he's working on. One of these projects is a documentary on text adventures called Get Lamp, which I am eager to see completed. He has already done a documentary on BBSs, which was neat. I donated, and I think Scott's projects overlap a bit with the interests of the Idle Thumbs crowd. So I encourage those inclined to donate, or at least check out his stuff. The BBS Documentary and much of his Textfiles website are freely distributable, so you can torrent them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garple Posted November 12, 2009 I didn't know internet historians existed, but that's really cool. It makes perfect sense that they would exist. I'm going to look into this guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted November 13, 2009 Jason Scott can be a bit of a blowhard at times, but he does have good insight into old BBS and network history. He had a presentation recently about low-fi porn, ANSI, Atari, BBS stuff, that was kinda interesting and amusing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Korax Posted November 14, 2009 I very much enjoyed the BBS Documentary. I've been waiting for Get Lamp for a while now, so this seems like a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
