Hackers' Pub

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`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`
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Andrew Plotkin @zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place

3/19/2026, 5:51:57 PM

Public

Remember I was talking about the 1989 context of Infocom documentation?

The Video Game History Foundation has just posted some audio recordings from that GDC! Or “CGDC 1989", as it was called then.

https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/ccdbd662-971d-4296-87a8-7a7e6473b41b

Features the voices of Dani Bunten, Noah Falstein, Doug Sharp, Richard Garriott, Chris Crawford, Cliff Johnson, and others.

Video Game History Foundation Library – Digital Archive

archive.gamehistory.org

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