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Caelyn Sandel joins the titans to talk about Caves of Qud, Lorefinder and her own body of work in fiction writing and game design.Special Guest: Caelyn Sandel.Links:Caves of Qud (steam)Lore Finder (steam)Caelyn's Itch.io pageCaves of Qud survival guideSkeleton Key

Jon and Nick joins the Titans to talk about Legends of the Jedi MUD.Special Guests: Jon "Rojan" and Nick "Gathorn".Links:Home PageCreating your CharacterBasics of FlightLegal Botting

We continue with Doc on the failings of some AAA space games to deliver narrativeSpecial Guest: Doc "Squiddy" Burford.Links:Doc's Patreon — Doc's PatreonAdios on Steam — Adios on SteamMedium Articles — Medium ArticlesParatopic on Steam — Paratopic on SteamShipbreaker on Steam — Shipbreaker on Steam

Doc Burford, game and narrative designer extraordinaire joins the Titans to discuss why Half Life 2 sucks and proves that horses are definitively a real thing. This is a two part series with Doc, look to episode 31 in 2 weeks for the rest.Special Guest: Doc "Squiddy" Burford.Links:Medium ArticlesParatopic on Steam — Paratopic on SteamShipbreaker on Steam — Shipbreaker on SteamAdios on Steam — Adios on SteamDoc's Patreon — Doc's Patreon

Mike "Tamarindo" joins the Titans to talk about StickMUD.Special Guest: Mike "Tamarindo".Links:StickMUD HomeMCMPStickMUD Grapevine clientStickMUD Discord

Join us to chat with Michael Seifert as we explore the realm of beastly fidos.Special Guest: Michael Seifert.

Join us to chat with Ryan Feeder as we explore his interactive fiction games. Find Ryan online at rcveeder.netSpecial Guest: Ryan Veeder.Links:Ryan's PatreonThe Lurking HorrorEmily Short's BlogAfflicted by Doug EganThe Roscovian PalladiumYou've Got A Stew Going!Captain Verdeterre's PlunderMIT Mystery HuntThe Ryan Veeder Exposition for Good Interactive FictionRyan Veeder's Authentic Fly FishingInform 7Gobliiins

Join Niklas and Matti as the Titans explore the world of BatMUD. We discuss the recent Steam release along with the history and future of the game.Special Guests: Matti and Niklas.Links:BatMUDBat ClientBatMUD on TwitterHardcore BatMUDBatMUD on Steam

Join Dentin, creator and head admin as the Titans explore the world of Alter Aeon. We discuss Alter Aeon's origin and engage in discussion about its mechanics and a fountain of wood.Special Guest: Dentin.Sponsored By:Spring ThingLinks:Alter Aeon

Join the Titans as we bring on Sean from Materia Magica to talk about its history and future. Find Materia Magica online at: www.materiamagica.com Special Guest: Sean.

Jason McIntosh and Jacqueline Ashwell join the Titans to talk about the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation, IFComp, Narrascope and everything else Interactive Fiction. Find more about the IFTF online at https://iftechfoundation.org/Special Guests: Jacqueline Ashwell and Jason McIntosh.Links:IFTF FAQIFTF ProgramsIFTF Accessibility Testing ReportThe Interactive Fiction Competition — An annual celebration of new, text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators.Cragne Manor — Cragne Manor is a text adventure commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Michael Gentry's Anchorhead. It's also a huge, ridiculous experimental collaboration.IntroComp — IntroComp is an annual competition where participants develop excerpts of interactive fiction, gain feedback from audience reactions, and use this feedback to release a fantastic final product.NarraScope — NarraScope is a new games conference that supports interactive narrative, adventure games, and interactive fiction by bringing together writers, developers, and players.Interactive Fiction Community ForumIFDB — The Interactive Fiction Database is an IF game catalog and recommendation engine.The Short Game — The Short Game is a podcast celebration of video game storytelling and craft, in video games you’ll actually finish.Club Floyd — Each week a group of people meet online to cooperatively play a game of interactive fiction.Spring Thing 2020 — Spring Thing is an annual online festival celebrating new interactive fiction from all kinds of people.

Join us to chat with Steve Meretzky, a true titan of text adventures. Find Steve online at: boffo.us Special Guest: Steve Meretzky.Links:Interview for GitHub ZIL Release

We go in depth on IRE's gothic mud Aetolia and even get some tidbits about IRE's inner workings from lead producer Adam. Find Aetolia online at: aetolia.com @AetolianDevs Special Guest: Adam.Links:Aetolia - Mining Overview — All about aetolia's new farming/mining features.

Join Thibaud, owner and maintainer of Written Realms, and Addison one of the NaMuBuMo participants as we discuss NaMuBuMo and Written Realms.Special Guests: Addison and Thibaud.Links:Written Realms — Written Realms, create your own text world!NaMuBuMo — The National MUD Building Month!Watch Written Realms Streamed Live — Thibaud streams Written Realms twice a week.Addison's The Hallowed Outcasts — Play Addisons NaMuBuMo entry!

Having just celebrated its 25th anniversary, Carrion Fields' own god of loss Rahsael joins the Titans to discuss the things that make it unique. Find Carrion Fields online at: carrionfields.net Facebook Twitter Discord Special Guest: Rahsael.

Join us for a truly titanic episode as Dr. Richard Bartle, one of the fathers of not just muds but all online multiplayer games, comes on the podcast to talk about cars, old cinema but mostly MUDs!Special Guest: Dr. Richard Bartle.

Join the Titans as we bring on Karl from DartMUD to talk about its history and future. Find DartMUD online at: DartMUD.com Special Guest: Karl.Links:Facebook Group

We take a break from our normal episodes to talk about the upcoming event NaMuBuMo. Find more about NaMuBuMo on the website.

Join the Titans as we bring on Devon and Eric from DuneMUD to talk about it's history and future. Find DuneMUD online at: DuneMUD.net Twitter Special Guests: Devon and Eric.

Join the Titans as we bring on Vadi of Mudlet, a popular MUD client, to talk about it's history and future. Find Vadi and Mudlet online at: Mudlet Mudlet Discord Special Guest: Vadi.Sponsored By:MUD Coders Guild: The MUD Coders Guild. Are you or would you like to run your own mud? Are you looking for better advice than "why bother"? Come on over to The MUD Coders Guild. The MUD Coders Guild: when you ask "why" we will bother.Links:Mudlet DiscordGet your MUD preinstalled in MudletGMCP ExtensionsDiscord Rich Presence APIMudlet TranslationsMudlet on GitHub