Stick-figure RPG that has been landing daily jokes since 2003, wrapped around a combat and item system far deeper than the drawings imply.
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Kingdom of Loathing sits in RPG Grinds under Play, filed as rabbit hole.
About this category: Browser role-playing games with real progression systems. These are the ones that quietly become a hobby rather than a distraction.
Yes. Kingdom of Loathing is free to use, though it asks you to sign up.
Yes. Kingdom of Loathing asks you to create an account before you get far.
Not well. We file Kingdom of Loathing as desktop only, so open it on a laptop or desktop computer.
Yes, we file it as safe for work. It also works muted.
We file it as "Rabbit hole": Clear your evening. We warned you.
The 2007 build of RuneScape, still updated by player vote and still fully playable in a browser tab you should not have open.
The RPG with the player removed: choose a race, then watch the bars fill for years. Still the sharpest joke about the genre.
Text-based crime MMO running since 2004, where the market, the gyms and the prison are all operated by other extremely committed players.
Modern MUD platform with a proper browser client: play the hosted worlds, or build one yourself without touching a server.
The reference desk of internet culture, with sourced origins and dates for jokes you never knew had a paper trail.
Gossip written as media criticism, tracking how celebrity stories get placed and who stands to benefit from the placing.
French satire named by scrambling Le Figaro, and taken seriously by French social media with depressing regularity.
The Lenny face and its several hundred descendants, catalogued and one click away from your clipboard.
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