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Matt Barton
Personal blog · mattchat.usgameshistory
Matt Barton writes The Matt Chat Blog, a personal blog at mattchat.us about games and history. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts appear to be interviews, including one with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov about free software. One HN commenter recalled that interview in a Tetris discussion.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Matt: So this is back in 2008 I saw an interview you had done it was posted on slashdot’s, I came across it. It was in a different language. You said something about free software and first I will run this by you and see if it is accurate or not. So they quoted you as saying free software should never have existed. I am wondering is that accurate that translation? Alexey: Yes, I am not sure I don’t remember me sayin…
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on “Tetris: The Soviet 'mind game' that took over the world (2019)”Submitted Interview with Richard Bartle, Co-Creator of the Original MUD as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted I've been so swamped... Sorry about that Kickstarter You Funded as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Seduction of the Stupid?: Some Thoughts on GamerGate as a story · 1 points
HN discussion