We went looking for Norris. Mara paralyzed him, Lucian put his men to sleep, and Merrick murdered him with a fucking sling. Then we got paid, found a secret hideout, and were promptly murdered by ghouls. Pool of Radiance is going great. 😛 samthul.com/pages/floppy...

We spent 5,500 gold bringing Merrick back from the dead. He woke up, learned how much we’d spent, stared at everyone for a few seconds and said: “You should have left me dead.” The Pools Saga continues. samthul.com/pages/floppy...

Still waiting for the day they beam commercials directly onto our eyeballs unless we pay $19.95/mo. for Life+! 😜

Aldren stood over the corpse, grinning. “I did it!” Mara yawned. “Lucian could’ve cast Sleep and stabbed him.” “But... I did it?” “Meh. No one cares,” Merrick said, searching the corpse. Aldren lost his smile. samthul.com/pages/floppy...

Merrick killed a ten-foot ogre chieftain with a rock. Thief gameplay is going extremely well. 😛

The guestbook on samthul.com is sitting there looking suspiciously underused. Go sign the damn thing. Leave a message, insult my HTML, tell me what game I should play next. Whatever. samthul.com/pages/guestb...

A tip (and just the tip)… Want to stop biting your fingernails? Get your fingers tattooed. Turns out you care a whole lot more about how your hands look afterwards! 😂

And THIS is why we can’t go anywhere.

Uninvited on the Amiga 500 may still be my greatest gaming memory. As a kid I beat it with graph paper, handwritten notes, no internet, walkthroughs or saves. I still remember the dead spider, the occultist, the hidden attic, and being able to pick up fucking everything. What's your gaming memory?

Turns out unconscious orcs make excellent tactical furniture. 😂

Episode 8 of The Pools Saga is live. Merrick got poisoned by a giant scorpion, died for real, and cost us 5,500 gold to resurrect. His response? “You should have left me dead.” samthul.com/pages/floppy...

So. That’s a lot of fucking goblins. Pool of Radiance — Episode 2: samthul.com/pages/floppy... What could possibly go wrong?

Some people might not know but a few years ago I made a game inspired by the old Icom Simulations games - specifically Uninvited. It’s called Cease To Breathe and everything in it was human made and hand crafted to be as insulting to the player as possible 😂 store.steampowered.com/app/1873170/...

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A retro-style point-and-click horror adventure where you can try anything… and probably die hilariously.

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I feel it is my duty as a retro obsessed nerd to share this link with anyone who misses having a Geocities website: www.oocities.org Go there. Let the nostalgia wash over you.

Nobody told me hashtags were basically a thing of the past. Then again, I practically LIVE in the past, so my old-ass internet habits really shouldn’t surprise anyone. 🤣 Moving forward, I shall attempt to be more hip. No promises.

I did a very 1998 thing: I built a webring. 😎 ThulNet is for personal, independent, creative, retro, nerdy, or just plain weird websites run by actual humans. Got your own little corner of the web? Come join the ring: samthul.com/pages/webrin...

Unpopular Amiga opinion: fuck Rick Dangerous. 😂 Hated it as a kid. Hate it even more 35 years later. It’s a memory test disguised as a platformer. There’s no room to creatively solve a problem—you either remember the trap or die. 35 years later, I still say fuck this game. 😂 #Amiga #RetroGaming

An old man gave us a quest and told Aldren the password was “Ohlo.” Aldren immediately repeated: “Ohlo.” Everyone stared at him. “Not now, you moron. When you get to the Rope Guild.” Our leader, ladies and gentlemen. #PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #DOSGaming #CRPG #DnD

Episode 7. We met a spectre. Every time this asshole touched somebody, they lost TWO LEVELS. He didn’t just kill the party. He erased their fucking résumés. Fuck ghosts. samthul.com/pages/floppy... #DOSGaming #CRPG #RetroGaming #retro #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #indieweb

I remember playing Barbarian on my family’s Amiga 500 — otherwise known as the greatest computer that ever lived. You could cut your opponent’s fucking head off. That’s it. That’s all I needed as a kid. 10/10. Decapitation. 😂 #Amiga #Amiga500 #Barbarian #RetroGaming #80sGaming #RetroGames

People who grew up in the late 80's/90's: "I seen things."

My teen years were amazing. Hiking through the woods at night, mountain parties, staying out way too late, and this fucking show right here. Wanna know why everyone my age is a little messed up? We had TV like Sifl and Olly. #SiflAndOlly #90sTV #90sKids #MTV #RetroTV #90sNostalgia

The merchant offered Merrick 1,000 gold for a suit of leather armor. Clearly it was magical. We couldn't afford to identify it, so Merrick did the responsible thing and put it on. Probably not cursed. #dosgaming #retrogaming #crpg #dnd #retrogames

Never gonna' give you up. Never gonna' let you down. 👊

It's time for more 'As The Pool Turns'... We asked Ohlo for a little more money. He responded with approximately a fuckton of enemies. Lucian panicked, cast Sleep on himself, then got shot with an arrow. Everybody died. Negotiations went well. #dosgaming #retrogaming #crpg #dnd #retro #dos

Saturday afternoon movies used to be a thing. I swear there was one I caught as a kid where somebody gets killed in a woodchipper, and that scene has been haunting me ever since. Anyone remember what movie that was? 😂 #80sMovies #90sMovies #MovieMemories #RetroTV #Nostalgia

Pool of Radiance, 1988. Merrick decided a secret door could be hidden in literally ANY wall. So naturally we searched EVERY wall. This dramatically improved our exploration efficiency by getting half the party nearly killed. Excellent work, Merrick 🤣 #dosgaming #retrogaming #rpg #dnd

Hollywood Hijinx takes me straight back to North Central Digital Systems in Danville, PA. I still remember the smell of the computer store and the bookcase full of Infocom games. Anyone else remember where they bought their first adventure game? #retrogaming #nostalgia #physicalmedia #infocom

Want to play old Infocom games like Beyond Zork on your phone? Of course you fucking do. Get Frotz. It rules. apps.apple.com/gb/app/frotz... (Not an ad. I just fucking like it.) #textadventure #infocom #interactivefiction #zork #frotz #80sgaming #classicgaming #oldschoolgaming #retrogames

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Demon's Tomb: The Awakening, 1989. I played this at my friend Eric's house. A creepy text/graphic adventure about an Egyptologist, an ancient tomb and something evil waking up in rural England. We had no idea what the hell we were doing. Still remember it though. #RetroGaming #TextAdventure