Richard Bartle - Part 1 - MUD (Multi User Dungeon)

While there are many founders of the video game industry writ large, the dawn of multiplayer gaming is a much more select group of luminaries and our guest today, Richard Bartle is most definitely one of them.  He cocreated MUD1, the first Multi User Dungeon game as a college student and has gone on to help shape the academic view of gaming ever since. Recorded: January 2025 Video version:   https://www.patreon.com/posts/135579198 Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on  Mastodon @[email protected] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or https://bsky.app/profile/vgnrtm.bsky.social Or [email protected]   Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bartle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracosm https://www.mobygames.com/game/124837/multi-user-dungeon-mud1/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online https://mud.co.uk/richard/mpublish.htm https://mud.co.uk/richard/pcwaug84.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Kesmai https://mud.co.uk/richard/pcpsep87.htm https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessmulligan/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/historical-bits-mobile-gaming-part-2-wap-games-anu-halme/ Books by Richard: How to Be a God    http://www.howtobeagod.com/                                                     https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0955649498   https://www.amazon.com/dp/0955649498/   https://mud.co.uk/richard/How%20to%20Be%20a%20God.pdf Dheghōm                                                                            http://www.Dheghōm.com/ (http://www.xn--dheghm-fgb.com/)    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1915964008/    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1915964008/    https://mud.co.uk/richard/Dhegh%C5%8Dm.pdf Erwā         https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1915964040    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1915964040 Bhéwonom                                                                           https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1915964067    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1915964067 Copyright 2025 Karl Kuras