There is a new LEGENDARY Museum in @swglegends.bsky.social #SWG #SWGLegends

Xfire – that is, Xf1re – is back to serve up some nostalgia to the old-school gaming social community

Very much looking forward to putting this one on my shelf soon. Bitmap Books never misses.

Here's a very old screenshot from Shenmue Online. Though there's a lot that remains unknown about the unreleased MMO, the locations and setting scream Shenmue to us. Maybe one day we'll learn more about this strange chapter of Shenmue's history! #ThrowbackThursday #SEGA #LetsGetShenmue4

Face of Mankind rogue server Empire Rising begins its open beta tomorrow

The third Digimon MMO just got an update adding an official English translation. This YouTuber speculates that a global version of the game might be imminent. Doesn't sound unreasonable given the current hype surrounding the IP (Time Stranger, Beatbreak, Alysion). www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA48...

My blog has been quiet for quite a few months now, but I've been secretly busy. I'll be announcing my new book at the end of August. mmofolklorist.com/2025/08/01/a...

#LOTRO Weatherstock, baby! It's been a long time. Hey, who invited the Nazgul?

Getting close to wrapping up our filming week for the 20th Anniversary Guild Wars Documentary we’ve been commissioned for via @lostandfound.media. I’m always fascinated by just the breadth of history that successful MMO’s bring to the table.

Love this new piece from @sypster.bsky.social.

In light of the Hellraiser reception, can someone please give Gun Interactive permission to repurpose their tone-perfect Texas Chain Saw Massacre assets into a singleplayer title now?

Can't believe my favourite horror franchise is getting a game adaptation that looks *that* good. I am so ready for @hellraisergame.bsky.social to give me terrible, terrible nightmares.

Snapshots of a different time. A website called 'Jedi Business', which specialised in the sale of Jedi characters in Star Wars Galaxies. Looks like they had pivoted hard into selling credits by the end of 2005 😬

Digging into a Russian CD-ROM full of bootleg and cracked games from the late 90s and early 2000s, and found a juicy bit of SEGA action with... PHANTASY STAR ONLINE. This appears to be an eng-translated, offline and online version of the PC port of PSO that was released in Japan only in 2001. 🧵

Big refresh to my list of rogue servers for dead MMOs. Only a couple of new games added, but lots of updated links and new servers for the 68(!) games on there. mmofolklorist.com/2022/07/25/t...

This is a well-measured take. The industry is clearly shifting, and, even as someone who loves live service games, it's hard to argue that it will probably be for the better.

In addition, I'm very excited to share today that we've been commissioned by ArenaNet to film a documentary in celebration of Guild Wars' 20th Anniversary. My team and I leave this weekend to get that filmed via our work for hire arm, @lostandfound.media!

I'm thrilled to share that Better Together, my @shacknews.com #longread about the making of @everquest.bsky.social 🧝‍♀️ is now a book 📖! You can read it: 💻 For free at Shacknews: www.shacknews.com/article/1104... 📚 In hardcover, paperback, or on Kindle: www.amazon.com/Better-Toget... Enjoy!

This is a straight truth bomb. Bartle's 'Designing Virtual Worlds' and 'Postmortems' by @raphkoster.bsky.social are the perfect place to start but there are heaps of great books out there. ... and there's one more set to be announced next month 🤫

Corellia is a certain vibe in #SWG

"Light... Darkness... Internet... A New World..." A promotional video for the beta of Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast: coming to the NET in 2000! Such amazing hype. I played some PSO at the time on a friend's DC, but EverQuest was my jam then. #VideoBytes

Thirteen years ago today, The Secret World launched. Twelve years ago today, it began its first anniversary event, and MOP's Tyler experienced one of the most unique and memorable moments of his MMO career: the Joelzilla incident... @duneawakening.com @funcom.com

New to the archive: "Where Man walks, strife follows..." #FFXIV 1.0 assets released for E3 2010! Includes fact sheet, screenshots, logo, and trailer!

2 new MMO books incoming! Really hoping these get English translations someday.

FFXIV is trying out Bluesky! 🦋 Follow us and 🔁 while you're here so you and fellow Warriors of Light never miss #FFXIV news on Bluesky! For our fans around the world, be sure to check out our regional accounts as well! ❤️ @fr.finalfantasyxiv.com @de.finalfantasyxiv.com @jp.finalfantasyxiv.com

Awesome to see DDO thriving. Not a game I've ever played, but this expansion is definitely my vibe. Time to give it a try?

Here's a look at how it was to use the Internet* almost 40 years ago: youtu.be/-rs7SgswXl8?... *Not actually the Internet as we know it, you were connecting only to Quantum Link's servers - but still.

Final Fantasy XI is celebrating an impressive 23 years with new updates this month, which is the perfect excuse to publish our piece about the enduring legacy of Square Enix's experimental online RPG. gameinformer.com/2025/05/19/t...

I kept seeing people say that Final Fantasy XI still needed PS2 devkits to make new content, despite no longer being playable on PS2 for many years. The FF wiki claims it too, with no source. Well, here it is. It sounds like they scrounged dozens of devkits from around the world.

E3 2004 - May 12-14 Sony Online Entertainment celebrating five years of EverQuest and the impending release of EverQuest II. EverQuest II shirt from Nvidia booth's scavenger hunt. #E3stuff

Another OBJECTS OF OBSESSION post on the #blog, this time looking at the ephemera surrounding #StarWarsGalaxies that accumulated around me during my years of play. If you ever logged into this particular MMO you might find it interesting. typedbytom.substack.com/p/objects-of... #swg #videogame

Lots of talk about independent games journalism at the moment so I wanted to give a shout out to @massivelyop.bsky.social as I rarely see them mentioned among all the other terrific reader supported sites out there. They just celebrated 10 years as an indie outlet which is pretty dang good going.

It's true.

Yesterday would've been Brad McQuaid's birthday. A true icon of the genre. This post over on the @pantheonmmo.bsky.social site is super emotional. www.pantheonmmo.com/news/pantheo...

Reading through some GDC lectures from 1998 (thanks @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social). Here's a good passage about multiplayer games from Jonathan Baron (Designer on the Air Warrior series and Ultima Online: Renaissance). Interesting to reflect on this in a post-EQ, WoW, Fortnite world.

After several years of research and not quite knowing how to approach the thing, I've finally broken ground on my second book of MMO history. Still a long way to go, but I can't wait to reveal it later in the year.

April 24, 2000 The best expansion pack of all time.

We chatted with the Star Wars Galaxies Legends staff to find out everything we could about the upcoming Jedi Themepark part 2. We even got a tease for the launch date! And pics of some returning TCG houses. :D @swglegends.bsky.social

I can't really overstate how much my interest and knowledge of games and film grew from the hours I spent flicking through mags in supermarkets while my mum did the weekly shop. A shame that kids today will miss out on that exposure.

Anyone looking to get into a lovely classic MMORPG with no sub fee, Guild Wars is celebrating its 20th anniversary with some additional content and running a sale on its complete edition down to a dirt-cheap price. They rarely have sales on it, so this is a great opportunity.

Hadn't posted this in a while, so here's my game urbanism bibliography: medium.com/@Konstantino...

The artwork on the landing page for Daybreak Games (EverQuest, D&D Online, Lord of the Rings Online, PlanetSide, DC Universe Online, + more) is FIRE. @daybreakgames.bsky.social

The Video Game Library has hit its 3-year anniversary!! 🎉 To celebrate, we're officially launching a really cool WEEKLY Newsletter — and I couldn't be more excited. 👉 thevideogamelibrary.substack.com/p/welcome-to... For those of you who Subscribe, here’s what you can expect:

What remains of "The Vana'diel Project" Ten Years Later gamerescape.com/2025/03/19/w...

How I’ve felt every day for the last 20 years or so.

🚀 After (MANY) requests, we've finally launched www.reddit.com/r/TheVideoGa... – another hub for sharing your love of Video Game literature 📚 Got tired of getting banned for sharing books 😅, so we spun up our own community! 🎉 Join in and share: 📕 Book News 📘 Reviews 📙 Questions 📗 Discussions

Happy Sunday, all! Opening up an opportunity for 1 more volunteer this year! 🎉 #TheVideoGameLibrary Reddit Manager/Czar/Guru/Specialist...in fact, we'll call you whatever you want! If interested, and willing to commit to staying on top of it, DM me with some details - here or on Discord.

It's been a while since MOP's Justin did a music piece, but our jukebox hero is back with a list of the best MMO (original) soundtracks. Spoiler: Lime Odyssey is on the list. There are some *deep* cuts here. This is not just a list of big MMOs. This is about music. Speakers on!

Some fun #PSO2 books (finally) added to the site today. Any #PhantasyStar fans here? ✨

Very happy that @thegamelogicist.bsky.social read my article on game history gentrification and wrote this: www.superjumpmagazine.com/the-early-ye... It chronicles the close relationship of Brazilians with Korean MMOs like Ragnarok & Grand Chase, to the point where the devs made an in-game BR city.