Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Jim Stormdancer @mogwai_poet@mastodon.social

2/15/2026, 4:01:54 AM

Public

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/116067616657592631

What's your favorite "explore a maze where weird shit keeps happening," or XAMWWSKH? (Pronounced "exam whiskey")

Trying to define by example:

- Town of ZZT (and many more ZZT worlds)
- Zork
- Animal Well
- Most roguelikes don't fit but Nethack and Binding of Isaac do, because they emphasize unique events and interactions
- Glittermitten Grove fits, but Frog Fractions and the Frog Fractions Hat DLC are too linear
- Insanity (1989) by New Era Software is possibly the defining example in my mind

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