Official Site: Kingdom of Loathing
Studio: Asymmetric Publications
Launch Date: February 10, 2003
Genre: Satirical fantasy turn-based RPG
Business Model: Free (Donating players receive a Mr. Accessory)
Platform: Browser
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SWTOR is launching Showdown on Ruhnuk with new planet and PvP overhaul by the end of the year
During its livestream last night, BioWare revealed Star Wars The Old Republic's next big thing: Game Update 7.2, Showdown on Ruhnuk, launching "winter 2022."...
The Game Archaeologist: Kingdom of Loathing
It is, in so many ways, the antithesis of a modern MMORPG. It has crude stick figure drawings instead of lush 3-D graphics. It...
Perfect Ten: MMO quests where you literally kill 10 rats
Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are...
The Game Archaeologist: Ironman modes and elective permadeath
One facet of video games that's been around almost since the very beginning is difficulty levels. This allowed the player to choose how hard...
Kingdom of Loathing spin-off West of Loathing launches
Sinister clowns. Demon cows. Filthy spittoons. You know you're intrigued already, but why stop at mere words when a world of western stick figures...
West of Loathing has a showdown with an August release date
It's high noon on the streets of a dusty town, and one game is prepared to draw and fire... in about a month. West...
Massively Overthinking: Prestige systems in MMORPGs
Last week, an interesting question dropped into our team inbox. It was from a game developer -- I don't know for which game --...
PAX West: West of Loathing makes a punny western with surprising depth
If you've ever taken the time to sit down with the long-running Kingdom of Loathing, you know well that the developers of that game...
TennoCon 2016: Warframe’s convention, new primes and cartoon
Warframe has been one of those games that I've always meant to look into as soon as I had the time. Well, thanks to TennoCon...
Perfect Ten: Top 10 obscure MMORPGs
I've seen a lot of desperate requests in my day in which players are asking for games outside of the normal sphere of popularity...
Kingdom of Loathing mulls mobile version and spin-off, prepares for annual convention
There's a lot going on for the punny browser game Kingdom of Loathing, so let's bring you up to date on all of the...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time an MMO made you laugh?
There are few things that I love more in gaming than to have a genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Maybe something silly and stupid happens in...
