Blue slimes and zines
Maybe my brain is broken, but I think of social media, content and publishing in JRPG terms. In other words, each activity has an associated number of experience points attributed to it. These add up, and in the process they level up this Forgotten Worlds shtick.
Video game fandom before the internet
Arnie Katz calls for the establishment of a national fan organisation. A way for people to communicate and share their interest in gaming. This is 1992. Pre internet.