MUDs, Recreation & Chat Gateways

There are a number of useful gateways and e-published (=cheap) materials on Muds, their culture, future, and how to find them. Consider the following:

Pages Devoted to Muds in General
- The Mud Resource Collection. (Lydia Leong, Pennsylvania)
- Doran's Mudlist (Text version). Remember to use the port number when telneting. Extensive list. (England)
- "Pages and Pages of MUDs". Some useful links but not extensive. (Chris Jackson, Pennsylvania)
- Multi User Dimensions at Ludd (Sweden)
- The Arctic MUD Dimensions Center (Sweden)
- A Yahoo List of Muds. Has some easy gateways. (Stanford, Calif.)
- ActLab's Mud Page. Check out the "Jack In" menu. Might be a bit out of date since I have been busy recently. (Austin, Tx.)
Selected Pages Devoted to Specific Muds
- Novice's should consider Diversity University (moo.du.net 8888); Lambda Moo (lambda.xerox.com 8888); Jay's House (see below).
- Jay's House Experimental Web Page.
- WaxWeb- A"marriage of muds and mosaic (ie. the Web).
- Muse (Educational Muds). A collection of documents that will make more sense after you visit a place like micromuse.
- Muds @ Lysator (Sweden). A short page about some well known muds.
Selected Literature about Muds (Also check links above)
- Mud Archive (Lauren Burka, Northeastern) Has some classic articles
- "The dragons ate my homework" by Howard Rheingold and Kevin Kelley (Wired 1.3). Gives a nice overview.
- Mud Papers by Lynn Cherny
- Papers from Lambda Moo
- More papers from Lambda Moo
- Papers from Media Moo
- Troy Whitlock's Mu* Documents
Other Game Gateways
- WWW Virtual Library: Games & Recreation
- Zarf's Interactive Games on the Web