"It was like any other afternoon until the possessed can of tomatoes attacked. Luckily, a few good whacks with a saucepan quieted it right down, and the young sauceror was able to go on with his adventures in the "Kingdom of Loathing." So goes a typical moment in a quirky online game that has become an object of cultish adoration among the 130,000-plus people who play it. With graphics drawn in static, stick-figure scribbles, it's a throwback to the early days of computer gaming, and about as far from the high-resolution worlds of "Doom 3" or "EverQuest" as it's possible to be. And that, say many of "Kingdom of Loathing's" dedicated denizens, is the point. "The inspired simplicity of the stick figures and limited playing time each day hooked me the first day, (and) I haven't logged on to 'EverQuest' since," Phil Showalter, a Memphis, Tenn., software developer, wrote in an e-mail interview." News.com
Some links to random blogs that mention this (the serendipity of reading random blogs based on one common topic nexus is rather interesting): Kraftmacncheese!, ZogWorld, Sleepless Nights, Rastigi, moonbuggy, SFSignal, AEMAET, BiggDave, funny like hah ha, The Psychedelic Circuit, ritilan, Mostly Muppet, orbitalworks, SnarkySpot.
Thanks for the link. I think I'll start reading these blogs just because we all mentioned Kingdom of Loathing. God bless Technorati.
Posted by: Seth | November 10, 2004 at 08:14 PM