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  • Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – May 2023

    Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – May 2023

    A whole bunch of Star Wars Galaxies rogue servers are still improving the game 20 years after it launched.

    June 8, 2023

  • Tarisland scores a clone goal with its too-blatant nostalgia pandering

    Tarisland scores a clone goal with its too-blatant nostalgia pandering

    Ask an AI to make a game like World of Warcraft and you’d probably get Tarisland.

    June 3, 2023

  • Explaining the MMO hype vacuum

    Explaining the MMO hype vacuum

    Games studios once again seem excited to be making MMOs, so why does it feel like so few people are excited to play them?

    May 22, 2023

  • 10 tips for playing old MMOs

    10 tips for playing old MMOs

    Ah the good old days. When grinds were long and interfaces were incomprehensible.

    May 5, 2023

  • Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – April 2023

    Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – April 2023

    Overpowered beasts take over the galaxy just in time for Star Wars Day.

    May 4, 2023

  • SWGEmu is tough as bantha hide but uniquely rewarding

    SWGEmu is tough as bantha hide but uniquely rewarding

    Forget about Sith Lords, it’s the butterflies you’ll want to watch out for.

    April 26, 2023

  • Star Wars Galaxies Community Discord Server Listings

    Star Wars Galaxies Community Discord Server Listings

    Calling all pilots, roleplayers, soldiers and modders.

    April 18, 2023

  • Interview: Thomas Cole Simmonds is creating real-life photographs of Star Wars Galaxies

    Interview: Thomas Cole Simmonds is creating real-life photographs of Star Wars Galaxies

    A new way of preserving our virtual memories.

    April 11, 2023

  • Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – March 2023

    Star Wars Galaxies Rogue Server Roundup – March 2023

    Taking a look at the events scene across SWG’s many communities.

    April 5, 2023

  • The joy of not creating alts

    The joy of not creating alts

    Become one with your avatar.

    March 3, 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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