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Star Wars Galaxies was another absolute gem at its prime. I never played it, but reading stories about the game makes me feel it's the one game apart from UO wh
by andrepd 6y ago
Star Wars Galaxies was another absolute gem at its prime. I never played it, but reading stories about the game makes me feel it's the one game apart from UO which truly came close to fulfilling the promise of a "virtual, persistent, shared world".
- bovermyer 6y agoI played SWG from its release until its final shutdown, though I had several months-long breaks during the run. I posted a few articles on my blog after it was shut down in 2011. Here's one of them, going into the crafting system: https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-crafting/ https://benovermyer.com/post/2012/star-wars-galaxies-craftin...
- syoc 6y agoJust want to say that I really liked the blog posts. Very insightful.
- bovermyer 6y agoWhen I wrote the post I mentioned, it felt like just writing down my feelings on an extant system. Now, ten years later, it feels like I documented a part of history that hasn't replicated itself. I can't help but feel really sad about that.
- myko 6y agoRaph Koster had a lot to do with both Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. In some ways he's as influential as Lord British in this space. https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ https://www.raphkoster.com/games/books/postmortems/ He has a book called Postmortems where he compiled essays (many found on his web page) about his early days writing MUDs and developing fantasy worlds, including UO and SWG.