Broken Connections
- March 5, 2023
- Slashie
March 1980. Glenn Wichman and Michael Toy, students at the University of California, share an apartment in Santa Cruz, California. The development of the first versions of rogue, a game that decades later would spawn an entire genre, and whose design would influence video games in general, is taking place here. Using a video terminal and a 300 baud modem, the two young friends connect to a compute…