Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer streams a hacker's heist at a blazing 1200bps
telnet> open pcgamer.com 23
telnet> Connecting to pcgamer.com...
Connected to PCGAMER port 23 . It is 12:28 PM in South San Francisco, CA. There are 2300 hosts on the network. Type GABE for news about Gabe Newell, or type ? for a command list.
>?
Command list: calc cmonkey dir finger gabe help hosts login ping quadcow traceroute users
>quadcow
You watch a charming new Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer. For more, type 'help quadcow.'
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>help quadcow
Quadrilateral Cowboy is a hack-tical heist game from Blendo Games which will release sometime this year. It calls itself "twentieth-century cyberpunk," and so far it's really hard not to get caught up in its old-tech nostalgia. Please direct your web browser to Quadrilateral Cowboy – Brendon Chung's latest game takes things back to BASIC for more (56.6k modem recommended).
>cmonkey
:(|)
> exit
Connection to host lost.
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Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the '80s and '90s, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on early PCs. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, all the shooters they call "boomer shooters" now, and PS1 classic Bushido Blade (that's right: he had Bleem!). Tyler joined PC Gamer in 2011, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.
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