Break Into Chat

In my recent series ANSI art and webcomics, I debunked a false assertion that began in a history book and propagated across the web.

If you’ve played Barren Realms Elite at any time in the past quarter-century, you probably have seen this spiffy ANSI title screen: That’s because — like most classic BBS door games — BRE became more or less “frozen in amber” in the late 1990s after BRE’s…

This is the final part of a multi-part series.

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Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen died on April 14 at the age of 87.

Dark Lord, sysop of Dark Force BBS, tries hard to keep his users engaged.

For many years, St.

One of this Atarian’s dreams has come true, though it took almost 14 years.

In 2022, I published Nosh Kosh — a Jewish spin on Pac-Man for the Apple II — as part of the Kirschen software collection that I rescued from cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen’s floppy disks.

I’m excited to announce the release of IGNITE, the first-ever all-IGS artpack, from the Mistigris art group and Break Into Chat.

This is the sixth part of a multi-part series.

This is the fifth part of a multi-part series.