James Crosby

@mmofolklorist.com

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Blogging about MMO history and preservation: https://mmofolklorist.com/ Author of The MMO Folklorist's Guide To Galaxies: https://mmofolklorist.itch.io/galaxiesthebook Second MMO Folklorist Guide coming soon™

Skies preview PC Gamer US Magazine July 1998
A screenshot from the cancelled online RPG Skies. A character with large wings stands in a temple environment.
The EverQuest launcher.
Passage from 'You Can Go Home Again: The Underlying Lure of Multiplayer Online Games that Few Game Developers Understand' by Jonathon Baron. The lecture took place at the Computer Game Developers' Conference 1998. Source: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6e7a5d97-b4ef-4c30-9f9c-4ecf7f71ad2b
A screenshot of players fighting Sith NPCs at an event on Tatooine in Star Wars Galaxies Legends.
The book cover of The MMO Folklorist's Guide to Galaxies, written by James Crosby.
A screenshot of a low level Argonian player character wearing heavy armour standing in front of the sun. The game is Elder Scrolls Online for the Xbox Series X.
A character sitting beside a player camp in Star Wars Galaxies (2003).
Players gather at the Haunted House on Kashyyyk to celebrate the end of the Galactic Moon Festival holiday event on the Star Wars Galaxies Legends Rogue Server.
A hopeless Billy Cutshaw (Scott Wilson) stares out of a window in William Peter Blatty's film adaptation of The Ninth Configuration (1980).
Crypt Of The Lost Pumpkin Souls miniature from the Lemax Spooky Town miniature village collection.
Patrons standing in the Mos Eisley Cantina from the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies.
A page spread from the book The MMO Folklorist's Guide to Galaxies. One page features a description of the game's player species, while another has full-colour images of them.