This year's Nethack competition at /dev/null is about to start. For those who have no idea, Nethack is a wonderful game that doesn't waste time with silly graphics or sound. That is, unless you use a more modern version.

Taking a look at last year's winners, I have no chance of winning (I once killed a character when trying to mount a pony), but still might waste some time trying.

I'm sure I'd do a lot better if I could get some more practice, but the Nethack Palm porting project seems to be even slacker than I am. Until they get Nethack to a usable stage, I'm still stuck playing Rogue. Which isn't altogether a bad thing (I'm better at Rogue 🙂

If you're looking for a nostalgia fix until the competition starts, you might like to try out this 404 page.