Squareworld 1995 Online
Because there was no voice chat, communication was a mix of typed slang and emoticons. Squareworld 1995 gave us some of the earliest documented uses of “BRB” (Be Right Back) and “AFK” (Away From Keyboard) in a graphical environment. It also produced the first known “griefing” guide: a text file called SQUAREWARS.TXT that taught techniques like “lava-casting” (pouring a lava square over a rival’s farm) and “door-blocking.”
Squareworld (1995) is a rare and striking piece of underground cinema directed by the prolific Japanese experimental filmmaker Kenji Onishi squareworld 1995
