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  • Designing Virtual Words: New edition of Richard Bartle’s seminal text is utterly essential

    Designing Virtual Words: New edition of Richard Bartle’s seminal text is utterly essential

    Read my review for The Video Game Library.

    October 26, 2025

  • A short update — August 2025

    A short update — August 2025

    Next MMO Folklorist book to be announced later this month.

    August 1, 2025

  • Imposter Syndrome: Writing about MMOs and being an ‘expert’

    Imposter Syndrome: Writing about MMOs and being an ‘expert’

    A futile endeavour, but a worthwhile one?

    November 13, 2024

  • Honouring Akira Toriyama’s virtual world legacy

    Honouring Akira Toriyama’s virtual world legacy

    MMO players gather to remember the creator of Dragon Ball following his death.

    March 8, 2024

  • What we talk about when we talk about MMOs

    What we talk about when we talk about MMOs

    A new direction for the MMO Folklorist blog.

    February 3, 2024

  • REVIEW: Making a Metaverse That Matters by Wagner James Au

    REVIEW: Making a Metaverse That Matters by Wagner James Au

    MMO veterans may be weary of the metaverse, but there’s much in Au’s book that we can take back to our own communities.

    July 10, 2023

  • Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – June 2023

    Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – June 2023

    The Interior Design Edition (featuring Darth Vader and Leia Organa)

    July 5, 2023

  • SWTOR’s studio switcheroo offers a new hope for its players

    SWTOR’s studio switcheroo offers a new hope for its players

    Star Wars: The Old Republic is officially moving from BioWare to Broadsword. But don’t mistake that for anything but a positive step for the game.

    June 28, 2023

  • The MMO golden years: I was there

    The MMO golden years: I was there

    16-bit to online virtual worlds in the blink of an eye.

    June 26, 2023

  • Star Wars Galaxies Beginner’s Guide

    Star Wars Galaxies Beginner’s Guide

    How best to take your first step into a larger world.

    June 21, 2023

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About MMO Folklorist

Virtual worlds need preserving. This blog charts the history of MMORPGs and the various ongoing efforts to keep them from slipping into the digital aether.

It is written by James Crosby, the author of The MMO Folklorist’s Guide to Galaxies: The Unofficial and Unauthorized History of Star Wars Galaxies.


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You can help keep this project alive by purchasing a copy of my book.

Physical copies are available in both hardcover and paperback editions from Amazon.

Digital copies can be downloaded from Itch.io for free (although small donations are greatly appreciated).


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