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</html><description>I&#x2019;m really curious where Shadows of Yserbius, and then a time after the internet MUD Sierra made called The Realm, fit into the &#x2018;history&#x2019; of development which lead to MMORPGs like Ultima Online and EverQuest. There were plenty of muds around, and rather crude attempts at making graphical MUDs. However, in its time Yserbius really ... Read more</description></oembed>
