Related Sites
Related Books and Papers
All of these papers reference Epitaph or MUDs in one way or another. For some of them, you can get free full-text by going through my personal webpage.
- Heron, M. J. (2015). A case study into the accessibility of text-parser based interaction.
- Heron, M. J and Belford, P. (2014). Ethics in Context: A Scandal in Academia. (This one is set in the same world as Epitaph)
- Spiel, K., Bertel, J., Heron, M.J. (2014). Navigation and Immersion of Blind Players in Text-Based Games.
- Heron, M. J. (2013). Likely to be Eaten by a Grue - The Relevance of Text Games in the Modern Era.
- Townsend, J and Heron, M. J. (2013). Authorship and Auteurship in the Collaborative Development Process of Text-Based Games.
- Heron, M. J. (2012). Inaccessible Through Oversight - the Need for Inclusive Game Design.
- Spiel, K (2012). Out of Sight - Navigation and Immersion of Blind Players in Text-Based Games
- Karlsen, F. (2008). Quests in Context: A Comparative Analysis of Discworld and World of Warcraft
- Karlsen, F. (2008). Emergent Perspectives on Multiplayer Online Games: A Study of Discworld and World of Warcraft
Interesting Game-Related Sites
- Meeple Like Us
- The Epitaph Survival Guide
- The Computer Games Journal
- MUD blog aggregator
- Mishmash of MUD documents
- Imaginary Realities mirror
- The MUD-Dev Archives
- Collected Bartle Writings
- Psychology of Video Games blog
- Mudstats
- NannyMUD LPC Tutorial
- How To Make Good Quests
- Ten Commandments of Room Descriptions
- Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades
- Haslage Archives
- The Elder Game
- Stuff What I Posted
- MUDs on Reddit
- University of Reddit MUD course
- Vworld Tech Archives