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bovermyer on Feb 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ultima VIII – How to destroy a gaming franchise in...

I 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-craftin...

syoc on Feb 19, 2021 [–]

Just want to say that I really liked the blog posts. Very insightful.

bovermyer on Feb 19, 2021 | [–]

When 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.

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