Playing through a lot of ZZT games is fun, but it feels kind of sad at the same time

So many of these games are steeped in their own culture, a culture that's now long, long past.

And here I am, watching the friendships, the shoutouts, the in-jokes all play by in front of me

All from people who have likely drifted apart over a decade ago

@woob When I got into MegaZeux I found a lot of the ZZT and MZX in-jokes from years past funny without having been there myself, and that's where the ill-advised *bash commands in my IRC bot came from.

One of the things I make sure to preserve when upgrading from computer to computer is my backup of a music album of ZZT IRC quotes sung over a guitar.

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